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[gates_of_babylon]

 Is this truly the state of the world?

[Gilgamesh asked the machine while not realizing it was on, wondering if he was simply being shown a farce of the Earth. The reality of the world around him sunk in quickly, but he seemed a little disappointed. The King stood in the middle of the street, holding his tablet in one hand and visible in the corner of the screen he held a golden crown with a jeweled ring attached to the front of it.]

So few survivors left. With this artifact being the only interesting thing presented to me...

[His teeth clenched and his expression hardened.]  What a torrid vacation. The degradation of the world is no surprise, but these spoils are a disappointment. At the very least, I would have preferred to see the 'end' of civilization as it happened rather than being inclined to save it in its aftermath.

I, Gilgamesh, shall oversee this.

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[gates_of_babylon]

You cannot be expected to understand so early in your life, boy. [Gilgamesh shrugged loftily, deciding that he understood fully now what he wanted to do in this world. Of all things, like any other goal he set for himself, it was a fairly precise one, yet loaded with a multitude of complexities.

Being the observer and the manipulator in the same breath.]

Yet, it's been assigned to you the task to work with this land.

[emptysword]

Yeah.

[...]

Maybe my path is something people calls foolish, but I'll give them aid no matter what happens to me.

['as long as I get to save someone...']

[gates_of_babylon]

Foolishness is something else entirely. No, perhaps it's simply naivety. You wear the same intent as a warrior first given a blade.

You simply don't know what you wish to wield it for when the world changes you. I imagine you're still too young to understand how your ideals will meet with reality.

[emptysword]

It's not wrong.

[His ideals were never wrong. After all, being a hero was what Shirou Emiya always dreamed of.

And for someone to say things like that... Well, he's used to it, to be honest.]

[gates_of_babylon]

Oh, no. It never is. I do not deny the truth you lend to yourself, but I do know better. Any hero who 'progresses' will know how the world will shape this view.

[With a smile, Gilgamesh shrugged nonchalantly.]

I'm not the one you'll argue with in the end.