solas_ion | ☘ 024; [video]

[Lancer looks a little different today. Well, a lot different. He's in a simple suit with a lazily done-up tie, and his hair is apparently a scruffy mess.]

So it's been a while since I got kicked out of the gym here. And the chick in the kimono seemed pretty intent on never lettin' me back in... But I figure I can get in like this, challenge her, set everything on fire, and get out before she realizes I'm the same guy. Easy enough.

I'm just gonna take Liath Macha, Dub Sainglend, and Olldóiteán--wait out here, Scathach.

[The camera shook slightly, like the dragon holding it in her mouth just nodded.]

Right, gimme like fifteen minutes. [He walked into the gym, and there was a pause--two or three minutes, and then there was an amount of noise that suggested all was not quite well.]

What--hey, wait a second-...waitwaitwaitwait can't we talk about this--?!

[The sound of a Jumpluff cut him off, followed by one scruffy Lancer chucked out the nearest open window to land right in front of his Deino and the still-running Pokegear.]

...I hate this city.

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Why would that be a problem? I was just making a suggestion.

That's like suggesting "hey, try this whole 'breathing' thing, I hear a lot of people are into it." Everybody in this damn place is running all over the country, so offering it as a suggestion is just pointing out the obvious.

In other words, if I wanted to then I wouldn't be here right now. As it is? I go where Saber does, end of story.

[Said too much? Probably. He tends to do that.]

Wait, what? Let's pause there. What does Saber have to do with where you go?

. . .

[Oops.]

Nothin'. Why would she?

Because you just said so.

[Shrug.]

Don't know what you're talkin' about.

[You will always be a terrible liar, Lancer.]

Lancer, you just said it. Either you think I'm a fool or you're trying to hide something, and either way you're doing a lousy job of it.

I do think you're an idiot, but I suspect that's beside the point.

Of course it is. So what does Saber have to do with this?

...

[Lancer crossed his arms, scowling in annoyance.]

She's my friend. And if you want the truth, I don't have many of those. Never have. If I started traveling again, I'd end up stuck on my own. And that's just kinda pathetic, really.

...So you don't want to be alone.

[That causes a visible change in Shirou's facial expression.]

Tch. When the hell did I say that?

[Didn't need to, stupid.]

It was implied in what you said, even if you didn't explicitly say those words.

So what if it was? It's not as if I care.

Obviously you do, otherwise you wouldn't have said what you said.

Are you getting somewhere with this, or are you just trying to irritate me? Because that offer to punch you is still pretty open.

[Okay, okay, fine. Geez.]

There's no shame in not wanting to be alone. It's natural for us to want to be around other people.

That would imply I know how to be ashamed of anythin' to begin with.

Then why would you want to hide it?

I'm not hidin' a damn thing. You asked, I told you.

But you tried to deny it when I came to the conclusion.

I'm seriously gonna hit you sometime, kid.

Hey, I'm just saying!

You're making a big deal out of somethin' pointless.

You gave me a reason to.

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