[] Just stay in the office with Hinako. You'll need to keep an eye on her for awhile and leaving would probably be a bad idea
Leaving now would be a bad idea considering everything. Plus you can't just rely on the Druid to pull Hinako out if there was danger. Though you didn't have anything special to do as a Magus, you did know how to run very fast. That's the plan anyway, you did feel sorry for the cops that you were going to use as Meat Shields.
Hinako was staying put where she was, staring at the Druid working his Magecraft in order to fortify the defenses of the police station. You figured that it would be faster if Medb were to have given you two of these guys. Still, he'll have to do for now.
You waited for now. Rider should be getting back soon. You just wondered what was taking them so long. You really did trust Medb but God, she was too frisky. It then dawned to you that the last time she had fun was when you were with Scathach. She's expended quite a bit of Prana then.
Was Emiya going to be all right?
It was then Hinako stood by your side and tapped your shoulder.
"Hyah!" You yelped in surprise before looking at her. You didn't notice her move one bit. She was just there beside you.
"You seem to have the habit of getting lost in your thoughts," she pointed out with the same calculative look in her eyes.
"And you must be fun in parties," you accidentally snarked back before you shut your mouth.
"I'm never one to mingle with others anyway. People. I never did grow to like others..." Hinako said as she placed her hands in her pocket, "Or to be with them."
"Ah. Well I'm not really against being by myself too but I don't dislike being with others," you replied as you glanced her way.
Hinako narrowed her look and said, "I never took you for the type."
"What about you? You don't seem to be the really bookish type. Reasons for introversion aside," you pointed out with a shrug.
"Have you had your eyes checked?" Hinako frowned as she crossed her arms, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well... It's your eyes. They look so fiery," you observed as you stared at her, "They seem strong and willful. It contrasts with your appearance and your manners."
Hinako fell silent at that as she seemed taken aback. She lowered her head and fixed her glasses as she looked away, "You must be seeing things."
"It's no wonder that you could be so calm in this sort of situation. You're pretty tough yourself," you said with a low chuckle.
"I have to be tough. I must be if I were to survive through whatever life threw at me. Whether it be evil people or just tragedies," Hinako said as she rubbed her arm. She then met your gaze, "I do envy you."
"How so?" You asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You can feel afraid and not break. You can be cowardly yet still do the right thing. You would protect someone even when you're powerless," Hinako said as she closed her eyes, "If only people could be like you. How ironic."
Well, you're not sure about that. You're not exactly the best person. Not only that, you're not entirely sure if you were human to begin with. People can't be like you if you're... Well, you.
"Say... What would be better?" Hinako asked as she raised her head to the ceiling, "To make people better than they are or watch them burn due to mistakes they made on their own?"
Irony
[] You think that it's better to help people and help them be better.
[] You think it's better to leave them as they are despite their mistakes. People will eventually dig their own graves.
[] You don't care, really. You just want to live quietly somewhere far from this nonsense. Maybe you'll buy a farm and raise some cows.
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