☘ 012; [phone; stages 3-4]

[riastrad_ridire]

Yo, Mayfield.

[Lancer's tone was as light and casual as always, and he sounded as if he was in a pretty decent mood. Which contrasted particularly sharply with what he was about to say.]Did you guys know I had a brother? He fought against the country I decided to protect, so I killed him. And y'know...when you're a knight, you have to stick to

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[wolf_faerie]

[None of this information is all that new to Aisling. She knows Lancer' whole story; she remembers a time when everyone back in her homeland did, though many had now seemed to have forgotten it. But hearing all this from Lancer himself makes her feel sad.]

That's a lot of things to go through...

[riastrad_ridire]

[Sigh.]

I dealt with it. Could have done without half the town finding out, though.

[wolf_faerie]

Well, I already knew all of that without you saying it all over the phone.

Hearing it from you instead of someone else telling the story, though...it's different.

[riastrad_ridire]

Yeah, I think I've figured by now the details are probably all over the place.

[wolf_faerie]

But that last part is something I've never heard before. Why did you have to kill yourself?

[riastrad_ridire]

Because I was given a magically binding order by a complete jackass who likes making people miserable.

[wolf_faerie]

Hmph. That's the worst kind of person.

Is that because you're a Servant or whatever it's called?

[riastrad_ridire]

That's putting it lightly.

And that's pretty much the reason for it, yeah.

[wolf_faerie]

That doesn't sound like much of a life. Dying and then being brought back when someone wants you to fight, and then you die again...

The dead should stay dead. That's why I hate it here. You die, and then they bring you back so they can kill you as much as they want. It's not right.

[riastrad_ridire]

[Lancer shrugged, looking casual as ever.]

I didn't mind it that much. Or at all, really. I got a chance to fight again, and if being a Servant is what it takes for that, then I'll be a Servant.

[wolf_faerie]

I suppose...I'd hate it, though. I wouldn't get to see my parents very often if I kept coming back to life.

[riastrad_ridire]

...yeah, that makes sense. But if I wasn't summoned as Lancer, I wouldn't be here and I wouldn't have gotten to see Connla again.

So I'm grateful for it, even if being a Servant kind of sucks sometimes.

[wolf_faerie]

I met Connla on the phone a little while ago. He couldn't tell me his name, but I knew who he was.

Even if you fight with him, look after him, alright? Family is important.

[riastrad_ridire]

I had every intention of doing that. Even if he wants to fight me, he's still the only family I have now. And that means a lot to me. I screwed up once, I don't plan on doing it again.

[wolf_faerie]

Mm. That's good.

...I think of you as family sometimes, you know. Even if you aren't really. Though maybe that's because I still miss my real father.

[riastrad_ridire]

...I never really thought about it, but I guess I think of you the same way. You do remind me of home, and I never really had any kids other than Connla.

I'm pretty sure what I'm trying to say is that I'm at least glad we're stuck in the same house.