[h2]Amalie Georg Faust, Caster - Scandinavia[/h2]

Caster blinked, surprised, when her Master suddenly scooped her up. Oh, one of the Dead had gotten behind her? That's what Gretchen must have been trying to say! Wait, share all the ice cream with the Dead?!

"Uwaaaaah? No no no, the Dead can't appreciate ice cream they can only appreciate meat and blood and that's no good to make ice cream with because ice cream is supposed to be sweet and tasty and not meaty and bloody meaty and bloody ice cream would be weird and probably not taste very good!" the diminutive girl cried, waving one hand as she clutched Gretchen to her chest, firmly, kicking her feet a little.

Meanwhile, Edeltaud's hand went cleanly through the chest of one of the Dead and then tore upwards, splitting the undead in half from the chest through its head. She flicked the blood off of her sleeve and glove and turned a way, a heap of corpses surrounding her. Carefully, she adjusted her suit.

She spoke no more, instead regarding those she presumed to be her allies.

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[h2]Arturia Pendragon, Saber - Babylon[/h2]

Saber considered the situation for a few moments in her mind. Not only had Lancelot referred to the Grail as corrupted, but Gilgamesh had as well. Did they refer to the destruction that had erupted from the Grail when... when Kiritsugu forced her to destroy it? But why would such a thing be so corrupted? At the moment, however, there were other matters to be discussed as well. This was no ordinary grail war, so the nature of the grail was now a secondary matter to preserving the safety of those who were in danger. That was, in the end, their mission.

Another matter that surprised her, however, was the prideful King of Uruk's attitude. He did not treat those under his power as trash to be thrown away at his whims. He was concerned for their safety. That had not been the impression she had gained from him, but it did not change her view of his philosophy in leadership.

Regardless, now Enkidu spoke to both herself and Lancelot.

"He was my opponent in the class of Archer during a Grail War," Saber explained, "Our ideals clashed, and he was the final opponent to lay between me and the grail..."

The short blonde trailed off for a few moments. She found herself unwilling to speak of just what had happened, of how Kiritsugu had forced her to destroy the grail.

"... Regardless, here we no longer seem to be opponents."