[Though as she takes out another sandwich—for Shirou to split with himself and his pokemon, if he likes; after that, she'll retrieve one for Kayneth—Rin clucks her tongue and doubles back on that.]
Well, I'm officially recognized as the winner, at any rate. I didn't actually claim the Grail. When the time came, I ordered Saber to destroy it instead.
[She looks up sharply, already predicting the questions.] The truth is, the Grail war I participated in began early due to the premature and violent end of the Fourth, as I recall events.
No one could explain it, but I learned the reasons why during the Fifth. During the Third Holy Grail War, the Grail became corrupted. There's something evil that resides in it now, and when it wasn't able to be born into the world it sped the timetable along. Last time it only took ten years.
It will be back, though, and I expect I'll have to deal with it all over again soon enough.
[She jerks a thumb in Shirou's direction.] If what Kotomine says is true, and the Holy Grail Wars didn't continue after the Third, I imagine things went differently in his timeline. Maybe he comes from a world where the Grail was never corrupted in the first place.
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Yes. I'm the winner of the Fifth Holy Grail War.
[Though as she takes out another sandwich—for Shirou to split with himself and his pokemon, if he likes; after that, she'll retrieve one for Kayneth—Rin clucks her tongue and doubles back on that.]
Well, I'm officially recognized as the winner, at any rate. I didn't actually claim the Grail. When the time came, I ordered Saber to destroy it instead.
[She looks up sharply, already predicting the questions.] The truth is, the Grail war I participated in began early due to the premature and violent end of the Fourth, as I recall events.
No one could explain it, but I learned the reasons why during the Fifth. During the Third Holy Grail War, the Grail became corrupted. There's something evil that resides in it now, and when it wasn't able to be born into the world it sped the timetable along. Last time it only took ten years.
It will be back, though, and I expect I'll have to deal with it all over again soon enough.
[She jerks a thumb in Shirou's direction.] If what Kotomine says is true, and the Holy Grail Wars didn't continue after the Third, I imagine things went differently in his timeline. Maybe he comes from a world where the Grail was never corrupted in the first place.