[Drabble]
Player: misheard
Subject: Issei Ryudo
Table: B
Prompt: 2. Remorseful
“It’s strange talking to someone who I know can’t hear me. But I don’t know anyone who gives better advice than you, Kuzuki, and anyway, it concerns you - so on the slight chance that I’m wrong and you really can hear me from wherever you are, I thought you’d like to know about this.
“You remember dying, correct? Hah, that’s a strange thing to ask, of course you would. And you probably remember being killed by Archer, as well.
“Archer is my friend. Well, a little more than that; well, not exactly… I-if you can hear me, I really hope that you can’t see me right now. So embarrassing… Anyway, he’s my friend, and he killed you.
“But he said it was self-defense. Even if you weren’t a threat to him, you would’ve gone after Tohsaka next, and I can’t blame him for protecting her. And he wasn’t in his right mind at the time, and… he regrets it.
“That’s why… I’m going to forgive him. It’s not that I mourn you any less, or think you deserved to die. But I don’t think you would have wanted me to hate him. I don’t even think you hated him. You were just on opposite sides by chance, after all. And it’s not in your character to hate someone.
“Thank you for listening to me, Kuzuki. …I still miss you.”
Subject: Issei Ryudo
Table: B
Prompt: 2. Remorseful
“It’s strange talking to someone who I know can’t hear me. But I don’t know anyone who gives better advice than you, Kuzuki, and anyway, it concerns you - so on the slight chance that I’m wrong and you really can hear me from wherever you are, I thought you’d like to know about this.
“You remember dying, correct? Hah, that’s a strange thing to ask, of course you would. And you probably remember being killed by Archer, as well.
“Archer is my friend. Well, a little more than that; well, not exactly… I-if you can hear me, I really hope that you can’t see me right now. So embarrassing… Anyway, he’s my friend, and he killed you.
“But he said it was self-defense. Even if you weren’t a threat to him, you would’ve gone after Tohsaka next, and I can’t blame him for protecting her. And he wasn’t in his right mind at the time, and… he regrets it.
“That’s why… I’m going to forgive him. It’s not that I mourn you any less, or think you deserved to die. But I don’t think you would have wanted me to hate him. I don’t even think you hated him. You were just on opposite sides by chance, after all. And it’s not in your character to hate someone.
“Thank you for listening to me, Kuzuki. …I still miss you.”