When you say it like that, I feel inconsiderate.

[Dammit, woman, your nails are sharp. Rin swats her hand away and frowns.]

My sister. [...] I'll ask you just this once: was it only a whim that made you declare you'd save her, or did you really mean that?

[It's not Elda's sincerity she doubts.]

Zouken has lived a long time; his magics are likely very powerful. He's also a man so despicable even that fake priest was offended by his existence. I'd never heard him hate someone so viscerally before.

I'll have to test that, and gather more intel on him... [She looks away as she says this.] Honestly, I want to do it myself, but my hands may be tied by then. If I think you can do it, I'll leave it to you.

I'd be glad if we can. Truthfully, though, I don't know if it's a possibility.

There are many things I have to see to when I get home. Unless I can take appropriate whatever ability the Coordinators have to control time and space, it's likely I won't be coming back to Japan for a while.

Frustrating as it is. But yes. For Sakura's sake, I'll rely on you to take out Zouken Matou.

[...]

Don't be stupid.

[She brushes a lock of her hair behind her shoulder.]

Whether it's sending nine of our number to their deaths or not acting sooner ourselves, We're not decent enough people to mourn over what's already done.

...that's different from everything else.

[It's why she specified those two things, to separate it all. But fair enough.]

...Honestly, it always weirded me out.

[/cue inappropriate laugh track.]

I mean, I was happy for both of you, but how did the calling you mom thing even start? Even adopted kids take a little time to warm up, I thought.

[I mean, it would seem more threatening if Elda hadn't literally just admitted she's never actually killed someone before. For a split second she looks unimpressed, but it's actually the talk of Sayaka that wipes that look from her face.

"...That fool of a girl never had a mother."]

...She told me about her mother and father a few weeks ago, when I was braiding her hair. Back then, she sounded so wistful for a happy family like mine—a mother like mine—that I didn't haven't the heart to elaborate more.

It must have been love she craved, more than anything.

I know she felt it here; everyone loves her, but you and Alex especially.

[Rin considered Sayaka her friend, but she knew she couldn't help her in the same way she could Shirou. But that was okay, because she knew Sayaka had so many people in her corner. Those two in particular.]

She said things about herself that frustrated me sometimes, but I could tell how much happier she was with you.

[How does she even respond to this?]

She's not gone for good just yet. You can still see her!

[They're the ones who said they'd bring everyone back, right? That means they can't talk like the dead are gone for good.]

I'm not saying you can't, just don't treat it like she's gone for good!