[@SSW] [@Yankee] [@Gracefully]

[h3]Taking Our Leave. District V[/h3]

“We’ll take our leave. This was was not a miscalculation but I was a bit naïve.” Critical, surgical. The east had warriors that exceeded in raw brute strength the arm of the Church. He couldn't tell how familiar she was with the methods and theory of western mages, or scholars in general. But perhaps she had no need for such knowledge, or care.  The puppet that was his shadow whipped forth, launching him toward Rider. “For all we know she might also only be ranked the sixth, or fifth. What sort of monsters lie in this war if that were the case? If we stay any longer we may only end up exposing more of our hands rather than gain.”

Would they even require a servant at that point? Perhaps not in a certain fashion. But in turn the question becomes with their ability reaching greater and greater heights as to what they could wish with a grail.

To one who has talent, who can do anything they want, then a wish is something to reach beyond the place of a human. 

They could all reach far, which only makes them want to reach for the stars that were in the sky. He’d just have to learn how to kick their legs out from below them. Yes, that was his spite. Could it be called a desire?... probably not.

What one craved, and what one desired were often confused, but as a writer of darker stories he knew that it was the twist of desire and goals into cravings that brought one low. All you had to do was bring out the darker wants that swallow up and drown out the needs.

If someone could not attain need or desire, then they would simply have to become a wrathful craver. Oh sun, oh star. Please do me a favor and break your brilliance upon my hatred. Won’t it be a much more fun story for you, and especially me then? You’re too boring as is.

Perhaps then with all that shattering and splitting light a beam could be spared for he who has no place in the spotlight.

“Disappointing, no doubt. The one who stands before you simply is an individual. You won’t find any grand organization or conspiracy. To make it easier, let us put it this way. I am your foe. Someday I will defeat you.” a lie, but lies were hardly costly against those who one would never speak with save to spar.

“Rider, you’ll give me an evaluation of all the information on the servant once we have escaped. I will commence rudimentary first aid and then we will disseminate the information before going forth again.”