[If Rin was the type of girl that'd run shrieking, Caren would only be disgusted, disappointed, and quickly lose interest. Trash had been raising trash, more or less.]

A trick? I don't need tricks to get a rise out of you.

[But she does put the knife away, and brings up one hand to her arm. Much like Rin did whenever she was about to use her magic crest to unleash a spell. How did she know such a thing?

She had her sources.]

I know that your life has never been your own. You've been on the path of the magnus since the day you were born. But...that's not what I was referring to, and you know it.

[Caren considers her for a moment.]

Do you really want me to say it? Once you hear it, there's no going back.