[center][h1]Cocles (Protector)

Bridge[/h1][/center]

Very well, master he grumped. It was at least something that she said herself. He wasn't sure in the end if it was really something she wanted, but a command was a command, and there was no point in being obstinate in a way that simply discouraged her. Seeing no real reason to refuse he dutifully scooped Janicka into his arms. "If they come our way then we shall simply bar their path. That was our purpose at the bridge in the first place, wasn't it? Then there's little that changes. So long as I am there they shall not harm you nor pass. If the shield of Roma cannot accomplish such a task, then what arm of any other land could?"

With a boisterous roar clearing the way he left for the church. Running alongside the river his charge brought the water to ripple and shift in the wake of his passage, as though it were moving with him. He was no moon that brought the waxing and waning of the tides, nor was he a king who courted faeries who could run across the clear waters. But he felt a relation that made it something that comforted him. It reminded him of the Tiber, of his salvation, and the Holy Father Tiberinus who he prayed to in his mind for his blessing once more. May they defeat the heroes of their foes, and protect the dreams that they sought.

"Although I suppose this means we will meet my other self again. It is not... unpleasant but is truly strange." His voice boomed in his masters mind, dwarfing the rush of the winds. "We servants understand that we are both the people of the past and a record of the legends left in the memories of people both. With a face like this I should know that better than most! Ah, but it is strange. To be confronted with two of one's self is strange indeed..." 

Ah, but that made him wonder about you in turn, dear master. Just as seeing the doppleganger that was Saber walk with her sister was strange for him, perhaps it was strange for her to be alone, without her own reflection. The two were obviously different individuals but their connection could not be denied with the evidence of the two Sabers. It was due to the opposite reason, but perhaps she felt the same way too?