None of it's a lie. None of it should hurt, but it still makes her flinch to hear it, even though she's always known all of it was true. But it's because none of it is a lie that it makes her freeze like it does.
Of course she's always known that fighting for her wish would mean getting someone's hands dirty. It was pure naive ignorance that let her pretend she could avoid staining her own. But-
Her mother-
That hadn't been for her wish. It hadn't been for the Grail. Had it? ]
My...
[ The look of blank, open shock on her face is nothing like Ai of B-Komachi would ever wear. ]
You really... [ She swallows. Hard. ] I don't... why did you...?
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None of it's a lie. None of it should hurt, but it still makes her flinch to hear it, even though she's always known all of it was true. But it's because none of it is a lie that it makes her freeze like it does.
Of course she's always known that fighting for her wish would mean getting someone's hands dirty. It was pure naive ignorance that let her pretend she could avoid staining her own. But-
Her mother-
That hadn't been for her wish. It hadn't been for the Grail. Had it? ]
My...
[ The look of blank, open shock on her face is nothing like Ai of B-Komachi would ever wear. ]
You really... [ She swallows. Hard. ] I don't... why did you...?