Yes, there were... about 999 participants, seeking the Grail in the preliminaries. Afterwards there were 128, and we were pit against one another one-on-one each week.
[Hakuno fluffs a hand through her hair, thinking back to those first few days of desperately scrabbling for information about her situation.]
The Moon Cell is a spiritual computer system built on the lunar surface by a pre-human civilization. It was discovered by humans in the year 2032, and it has monitored and recorded all occurrences on the Earth for billions of years. That's how it can recreate the Servants.
[A short pause because, wow, Rin, way to hit the nail on the head.]
Yeah... that's pretty much the long and short of it. The Moon Cell's simulations were very close to the real thing, obviously, but still just an imitation.
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[Hakuno fluffs a hand through her hair, thinking back to those first few days of desperately scrabbling for information about her situation.]
The Moon Cell is a spiritual computer system built on the lunar surface by a pre-human civilization. It was discovered by humans in the year 2032, and it has monitored and recorded all occurrences on the Earth for billions of years. That's how it can recreate the Servants.
[A short pause because, wow, Rin, way to hit the nail on the head.]
Yeah... that's pretty much the long and short of it. The Moon Cell's simulations were very close to the real thing, obviously, but still just an imitation.