[center][b][h1]Christopher Ashbrand[/h1][/b]
[i][h2]The Scion of the Ashbrand, The Worker of Living Stone[/h2][/i]
[h3]Workshop, Outside of Fuyuki[/h3][/center]
A lance of irritation coursed through Christopher. How dare she speak to him like that? Like he was but a child, crying for one of his broken toys, and wanting to throw a tantrum because of it? On what authority did she-

And then he realized that she had a far higher authority than him, as she had been the first queen of Carthage. How much of a fool she must’ve appeared to her, to be so easily baited into a trap with only the destruction of a mere feline familiar. 

And was he not the fool? He came here to polish and test his magecraft, rather than simply achieve the Grail, but not all here had such motivations as him. Some truly sought the chalice with its promised wish, or something perhaps equally as valuable as it, and thus they would be prepared for battle in truth. After all, there would be no reason for so, so many to have arrived in the city, the practical multitude of his fellow Fes arriving in this backwater, among others as well. He would be cast down, for he had not prepared himself for a battle beyond magecraft, and while he had prepared his territory adequately, he had hardly prepared himself for the War. While dozens of battle plans would be an utter waste of time, rendered worthless in the face of the multifaceted glory of the history of humankind, and the manyfold branches that sought the Root of all things. 

Alas, but there was no use weeping over something that had already occurred. Reassert control over oneself, maintain a calm demeanor, and approach something with a logical mindset. It served him well enough in the Clock Tower with its cutthroat politics and competition, it should suffice here.

“My apologies for my hastiness, Avenger. It shall not happen again. You make a fair point about gathering more information directly, and I must agree on that point. However, to even go close to any competent magi’s workshop would be something I would be wary of doing on the first night, much less of the Einzbern, Matou, or even the Tohsaka, who seem to be of the lesser of the Three Families from my observations. Therefore, I would prefer to explore the city, though away from certain areas I have assessed to likely be workshops. If we do not encounter anyone in particular, perhaps certain locales would be forthcoming in information, as well. Would this be an acceptable course of action?”

[@UndyingRegret]