[ He doesn’t respond to the first part. There isn’t much he can say without admitting to what she’s likely already figured out for herself — that her once-Servant and that boy were one and the same. He could not have survived the initial surgical graft otherwise. Humans and Heroic Spirits are fundamentally incompatible entities in terms of their make up, and Archer knew, even at the time, that giving Shirou his arm would likely only let him live through the War.
There were no other options, though, and it doesn’t seem like Rin disapproves of the decision that he made, grim though it was.
As for the rest of it, his brow furrows slightly. It isn’t a surprise necessarily, but…it does concern him that she’s been taken from such a critical moment. ]
I see… This makes for a very inconvenient detour, then.
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There were no other options, though, and it doesn’t seem like Rin disapproves of the decision that he made, grim though it was.
As for the rest of it, his brow furrows slightly. It isn’t a surprise necessarily, but…it does concern him that she’s been taken from such a critical moment. ]
I see… This makes for a very inconvenient detour, then.
[ A beat. ]
How have you found this place so far?