"Well... there isn't really policy in place for something like this," he admits, shrugging helplessly. "The plan was always to go in guns blazing with an army of Servants, not this more, shall we say 'guerrilla' setup. If they're willing to follow you, then by all means ask them. You're the one who was there on the ground, and you're the one with the Seals. Your decision. But make it fast, the singularity's collapsing."
Fulton system gogogogo. CQC them and then hook a wormhole balloon to their ass and send them shooting through time and space. That's the Diamond Dogs way. Also:
[X] Siegfried.
--[X] Mention that fighting for Chaldea would be an honest cause to fight for, without fear of the betrayal that was his undoing in legend.
I'm not sure saying "Siegfried you have no cause to fear treason in our fight" is a great idea given that Rostam just explained that they are, in fact, fighting against a traitor from Chaldea.
Contextually it's pretty clear that it's, like, "I won't ask you to do a lot of increasingly dubious shit and ruin your life Siegfried". Since Sieg's legend involves a lot of King Gunther going "Yeah no look man I just need you to do this
one thing for me okay?" and just piling on and on and on with that until Sieg's life was basically in shambles. And then Siegfried either killed himself or was assassinated by Gunther and his kin depending on the version Zerban's working off of.
So Rostam going "you have no reason to fear treason" is literally just him going "you won't be facing any sketchy shit from me, your Master". Chaldea being betrayed from within is an entirely different kettle of fish and honestly much less important to Siegfried than that guarantee. Plus I like it because Siegfried is well liked (by Corday at least, and Sanson hasn't displayed any particular hostility towards him) and it avoids being perceived as picking sides in the Assassin knife-off while still making a personal, positive statement.
Plus, I mean, when a fairly noble knight pledges himself first, most people would feel obligated to sheepishly follow suit I think.
Unless I'm mistaken, this here was the last time Real!Gilles had any dialogue.
That was 38 chapters ago.
Well. Omega.
We
could have hung around that part of the fight and seen Gilles go full Ancestor and turn into a giant, eldritch, Resident Evil boss. But
someone did a write in that shifted the focus to another option. And unless I'm very much mistaken that means that
someone doesn't get to complain about a lack of Gilles.
Nasuverse. A single exceptional 18th century doctor is de facto better at providing medical care than all but the most talented modern doctors in their narrowly tailored areas of specialization.
Don't knock Medical Techniques A/Anatomy Study B power pair dude. At that level I'm pretty sure he's basically skilled enough to execute individual cancer cells with a tiny guillotine.
Now that the arc's nearly over, anyone want to recap the various mental traumas and things Rostam needs to sit down and think about in the not too distant future? I've lost track.
The big three are, in no particular order, the true, bitter nature of his relationship with Rider, the uncertainty surrounding his sexuality that ties back into his devotion to his family (somewhat appropriately this came to light during a musical number
), and losing his not!Father in the form of Lancelot (and Galahad tied into that).
Beyond that?
Getting battered by Brynhildr. Tortured by Carmilla. The death of Bathory. The death of Gilles. The death of Jeanne. Being burned by Lungkata and Jalter. Seeing the insides of Čachtice Castle. Seeing a lot of general death and destruction and maiming. Getting brainfucked by Something Big from the depths of Gilles's ocean hell. Uh...I feel like I'm forgetting some stuff?
