Indeed. It was a lie, my friend, our Holy Grail. It was a lie all along.
[Which he suspected from the moment he was summoned into his own world, but couldn't entirely confirm due to circumstances. Now, however... now, it all makes a great deal of sense, why things went awry as they did. Why Waver and Rin spoke of a future where he bathed in the Grail's slime and went mad because of it.
Only an artifact of great power, and thus great evil, could achieve such miracles. He wouldn't be surprised if ultimately this same cursed Grail was behind Enkidu's appearance here, if it hadn't drawn all the Masters and Servants together for further entertainment.
How ironic, to believe himself puppetmaster and yet dance on another's strings the whole time. He'd laugh if the joke weren't on him.]
The Grail was tainted by a foul presence, and Arturia found herself drowning in it. I know little else; only that it destroyed any future she may have had as the noble King of Knights, and replaced her with a terrible shadow.
[Gilgamesh reaches for Enkidu's hand and squeezes. Asks him earnestly, as he will no one else.]
I once acted in tyranny and selfishness, and of these things you came to be. But let us be heroes now. Should you stay, let us fight together in freeing this woman. I ask it of you and only you, trust you and only you with this task. Free Saber. Free Arturia. And undo the curse.
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[Which he suspected from the moment he was summoned into his own world, but couldn't entirely confirm due to circumstances. Now, however... now, it all makes a great deal of sense, why things went awry as they did. Why Waver and Rin spoke of a future where he bathed in the Grail's slime and went mad because of it.
Only an artifact of great power, and thus great evil, could achieve such miracles. He wouldn't be surprised if ultimately this same cursed Grail was behind Enkidu's appearance here, if it hadn't drawn all the Masters and Servants together for further entertainment.
How ironic, to believe himself puppetmaster and yet dance on another's strings the whole time. He'd laugh if the joke weren't on him.]
The Grail was tainted by a foul presence, and Arturia found herself drowning in it. I know little else; only that it destroyed any future she may have had as the noble King of Knights, and replaced her with a terrible shadow.
[Gilgamesh reaches for Enkidu's hand and squeezes. Asks him earnestly, as he will no one else.]
I once acted in tyranny and selfishness, and of these things you came to be. But let us be heroes now. Should you stay, let us fight together in freeing this woman. I ask it of you and only you, trust you and only you with this task. Free Saber. Free Arturia. And undo the curse.