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[Fate/Grand Order redux]
Grail and Elodie sat opposite to each other in Chaldea’s canteen, the former’s eyes almost literally burning a hole in the latter. There was a time when Elodie would have mustered the righteous contempt to raise her Bounded Field, or let fly a Phoenix Force Falcon, or just stab something, but after the intellectually and physically taxing events of the last few days all she could do was silently raise her mug of coffee in surrender.
“Look, I know this is-“ she began. “I hate you” interrupted Grail. “I know, I know. All I’m saying is that-“
“You’re a conniving little brat who plays the victim while playing other people against each other”, said Grail, looking out the window at the not quite bleached Earth as she started to file her fingernails. “And you let other people fight your battles for you before you stab them in the back”
“That’s not fair. I gladly risked time dilated imprisonment in one of your black holes to take you down with me when you tried to destroy India. I fought you for a month without rest at the Azure Galaxy while survivors evacuated” said Elodie with quiet venom.
Grail stirred her coffee. “Yes, and? I was listing all the reasons why I RESPECT you more than Wonder Woman in spite of all that”. She sighed, taking a sip. “No, I hate you because you’ll always be his favourite”
“…oh” said Elodie, thrown. “Well…If we’re being honest? I always thought one day I’d have to save Anon from you”
Grail laughed mirthlessly. “You’re the one who spent thousands of years trying to kill him…and you think I’M anything but happy to be his weapon. Out of every wrong in the greater multiverse, his greatest betrayer just HAD to be the one exception to his wrath”
“H-hey. Don’t sell yourself short, he let you hold the Equation didn’t he?”
“…true”
“Sounds to me like you’re his favourite weapon, at least”
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