A tall order coming from Gilgamesh, but it's been a very, very long time since anyone spoke to him in such a way. Alliances were brief and trysts were just that, yet there's a lasting honesty in that gaze. It's hard to ignore and, as much as he should tear himself away and mumble and grumble about poor choices in companions, he doesn't. He just blinks slowly, once, twice, and heeds what Diarmuid asks of him... somewhat.
"I still have to do something," Gilgamesh winds up hedging. "I have to fix something. Correct a mistake. If I don't, I can't face the true me, who awaits forever within the Throne. It's easy just saying it, right? But I can't forget her face by wishing for it."
Let go. Don't let go. The voices war within his head and Gilgamesh winds up shutting them all out, leaning back with a great sigh.
"No... I still want it. Even if the sadness disappears, I'm bound by that duty. Maybe it was my responsibility all along, for the battle that was interrupted. I need to finish it. And if I can do one thing that is good, and honorable, and just, I'll save her."
It's a hard conclusion to make, yet a relieving one at the same time. He looks relieved. "That's what my battle with Saber means here. I understand it now."
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A tall order coming from Gilgamesh, but it's been a very, very long time since anyone spoke to him in such a way. Alliances were brief and trysts were just that, yet there's a lasting honesty in that gaze. It's hard to ignore and, as much as he should tear himself away and mumble and grumble about poor choices in companions, he doesn't. He just blinks slowly, once, twice, and heeds what Diarmuid asks of him... somewhat.
"I still have to do something," Gilgamesh winds up hedging. "I have to fix something. Correct a mistake. If I don't, I can't face the true me, who awaits forever within the Throne. It's easy just saying it, right? But I can't forget her face by wishing for it."
Let go. Don't let go. The voices war within his head and Gilgamesh winds up shutting them all out, leaning back with a great sigh.
"No... I still want it. Even if the sadness disappears, I'm bound by that duty. Maybe it was my responsibility all along, for the battle that was interrupted. I need to finish it. And if I can do one thing that is good, and honorable, and just, I'll save her."
It's a hard conclusion to make, yet a relieving one at the same time. He looks relieved. "That's what my battle with Saber means here. I understand it now."