The layers of clothing are slowly peeled away, and one might almost think, based on how docile he’s acting, that there was some manner of sorcery at play here. That they were still contracted, with Rin securely holding his leash. But really, the truth is more complex. He’s still grappling with what he's feeling, and apart from not wanting to compromise himself further by saying something dumb…he couldn’t bring himself to tell her 'no' again, even if he wanted to.
The comment about his size snaps him briefly out of the tangled swirl of his own thoughts, and he…blinks once. Unsure of how to take that or...respond to it.
He clears his throat gently, finally, and says- ]
We all grow up, eventually.
[ Archer did significantly more than just get taller, though, which becomes even more obvious once Rin pushes back his clothes enough to see and feel his torso. He's all muscle beneath the modest clothing he'd chosen to wear, and while there is no scar where she would have healed the wound he received from Lancer, there are others. Signs of a life lived in conflict before he ever died. He was never very good at caring about himself, and this is the result. His body was only ever a tool to him, a means to achieve his desired ends, which is why he was willing to break and bleed and push himself to and past his own limits.
Unfortunately, he never did actually grow out of his childish dreams. Not until it was much too late. ]
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The layers of clothing are slowly peeled away, and one might almost think, based on how docile he’s acting, that there was some manner of sorcery at play here. That they were still contracted, with Rin securely holding his leash. But really, the truth is more complex. He’s still grappling with what he's feeling, and apart from not wanting to compromise himself further by saying something dumb…he couldn’t bring himself to tell her 'no' again, even if he wanted to.
The comment about his size snaps him briefly out of the tangled swirl of his own thoughts, and he…blinks once. Unsure of how to take that or...respond to it.
He clears his throat gently, finally, and says- ]
We all grow up, eventually.
[ Archer did significantly more than just get taller, though, which becomes even more obvious once Rin pushes back his clothes enough to see and feel his torso. He's all muscle beneath the modest clothing he'd chosen to wear, and while there is no scar where she would have healed the wound he received from Lancer, there are others. Signs of a life lived in conflict before he ever died. He was never very good at caring about himself, and this is the result. His body was only ever a tool to him, a means to achieve his desired ends, which is why he was willing to break and bleed and push himself to and past his own limits.
Unfortunately, he never did actually grow out of his childish dreams. Not until it was much too late. ]