Camp: private conversations

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...You know what he told me the day he visited camp? He said I should get used to being unable to save anyone.

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That...sounds exactly like something he would say, yes.

Camp has made him a bit jaded, unfortunately.

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A bit.

[That's a funny joke, Red. Hilarious.]

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[She's a real ham, isn't she?]

I wasn't lying about him being sweet, though. That's why he left camp: he couldn't handle it anymore.

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He asks me every year to leave, you know.

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...That sounds more like something I'd do, yeah.

[Also, it sure is a reminder of the thing where Red and Archer are dating and he'd managed to put that off his mind until now but he's remembering it now and it's making it a whole lot more awkward that he's just hanging out in Red's room.]

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[If it makes him feel any better, talking with Shirou got infinitely harder after she found out certain details.]

He works for the same people I do. He handles other 'problems' in different areas of the world.

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Other camps like this, or something different?

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Different things. More like the lake cats, or other monsters like that.

There is a lot of danger in this world, and not many people strong enough to handle it.

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...That's what heroes are for.

[Or at least they're supposed to be. But this camp, much like Archer, spits in the face of everything Shirou thinks a hero should be.]

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A cat is a hero to men, who see it as a source of comfort and protection from vermin. But that same cat is a monster to mice, who only see it as a predator.

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It shouldn't be like that.

[It's not enough. Everyone should be saved.]

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[...wow Shirou you're dense.]

My point is that one person's hero is another person's monster.

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[He is super dense.]

You don't need to tell me that. I know how the world works.

[Doesn't mean he has to like it.]

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[At least it's adorable.]

If you say so.

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I'm not that stupid, okay. I know it's not possible to make everyone happy. I just... don't like it.

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Maybe instead focus on what you can do?

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What if what I can do isn't enough, though?

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Then you keep trying, until it is.

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...Yeah. I guess that's all there is to it, really.

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Pretty much.

[That smile though, it gets her to smile a bit too.]

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Heh, I can't believe I needed to be reminded of something so obvious. It's not like I haven't failed before and gotten up again.