[ In the deepest, darkest moments of his own personal despair, of course, he'd considered it.
A world swept clean of humanity, eliminating the need for counter guardians like him -- Gilgamesh had even taunted him with it, painted a vision of a world reborn out of the ashes.
He wants to rest, to be free of this cycle more than anything, even if he's resigned himself to the fact that it can never, ever happen.
Still, even in the midst of all his regrets, he clings to the conclusion he reached at the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War -- the answer he sought for many, many years.
I was not wrong.
After a long moment, he finally answers her. ]
It isn't.
[ He hasn't fallen that far yet, and he's determined he never will. ]
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A world swept clean of humanity, eliminating the need for counter guardians like him -- Gilgamesh had even taunted him with it, painted a vision of a world reborn out of the ashes.
He wants to rest, to be free of this cycle more than anything, even if he's resigned himself to the fact that it can never, ever happen.
Still, even in the midst of all his regrets, he clings to the conclusion he reached at the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War -- the answer he sought for many, many years.
I was not wrong.
After a long moment, he finally answers her. ]
It isn't.
[ He hasn't fallen that far yet, and he's determined he never will. ]
We sacrifice the few for the sake of the many.