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[Rin's Inner Turmoil]
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Rin Tohsaka was a Magus.
She was capable of wielding all the great elements, she was a sire of the Tohsaka family, she had summoned the strongest servant. All of these were things to be proud of, and she was. She was continuing the family tradition of excellence and living up to the legacy her father had left her.
She had lost her workshop, she had lost her relics and trinkets. But she was still a Magus, and a powerful one. This was something she could hold close to herself, even as she pressed herself against the wall of the alley.
Rin Tohsaka was a Master.
She hit the ground, her breath coming in pants, her arms wrapping around her knees. She had been running for a half hour, twenty minutes past the time she thought she might have been followed. But you could not be too careful, not when they were that close. Her servant materialized nearby, masked face looking down the alley towards the street beyond, saying nothing, showing nothing. Being just near her sickened Rin, Saber… Saber before had been quiet and taciturn, now she was no longer even like a human.
But that wasn't what she was focused about, it was… what Shirou had said to her.
Had he meant that? Shirou,
Shirou would kill her? The boy who helped everybody, the idiot who was always running around the school, the boy who had…
Thoughts of the street came to her mind, memories uncalled for unbidden and unwanted. She… it was the best place, far away from wherever his workshop was, she ambushed him, it was the right decision. That woman had… she was just in the way, she was a human. It was… just unfortunate.
"Good work master." Saber said quietly.
Rin turned her head to look at the servant, her mask was gone now, revealing that corpselike face. She was smiling, she had never seen her smile, even before. She didn't much like it.
"Could have had them if they went into the forest," Saber continues. "But we nearly had them. It was tactically sound," she nods her head. "Next time, let me go all out earlier. Seems that weakling is distracted by collateral damage."
"... That woman in the shop." Rin said quietly.
Saber's grin turned vicious. "Could have killed him in there while he was distracted if that Caster hadn't gotten in the way. Next time we'll get them."
Then she turns her gaze back to the street, awaiting her master's next order.
…
Next time…
Rin Tohsaka was a Magus.
Rin Tohsaka was a Master.
Rin Tohsaka was a Young Girl.
And as she hugged her knees tighter to her chest, she began to cry.
