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[blinged]

My my, I was prepared for a few more surprises, but this certainly wasn't what I had in mind! Unlike many of you, I'm not at all used to being caught off guard.

[For all his confessed surprise, Gil looks right at home seated at a table in a tech-y cafe in Crystalden, device propped up against the ketchup bottle. He stirs his milkshake, then stops to take a sip. There's a lot on his mind at the moment, there's no denying that; beneath the calm, lazy enjoyment, he's taking in his surroundings and turning them over in the back of his mind.]

It's too bad my knowledge doesn't extend to the queen or her funny little kingdom - I guess that's all part of the game, though, isn't it? It wouldn't be much fun if they let someone in who already knew the ending.

[Prying his gaze away from a girl on the other side of the cafe, he turns back to the device and gives a bright, easy smile]

I have other things I could be doing, but this isn't a poor distraction either. You can call me Gil -- I'm looking forward to playing with all of you!

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[seeyousuffer]

[Kirei is so confused right now. He hadn't been planning on responding to people in general at this point, but this...] I know you have a taste for games.

But what have you done to yourself?

[blinged]

Oh—

[For a moment, the surprise is mutual. Then something connects, and something like recognition settles in the corners of his smile]

It's you. Or someone quite like you, perhaps! I can't answer your question, though - I didn't do anything to myself, but the girl responsible doesn't seem to be here right now!

[seeyousuffer]

Yes, it's me. [Who else would it be?]

What girl? So you don't know what was done to you? The last time I saw you, you were rather taller.

I do agree with you, regardless of your size. Why not enjoy ourselves, while we're here?

[Fun sounds like a good idea to him.]

[blinged]

The Einzbern one! Of course, it wouldn't be surprising if she didn't know what she was doing either...

[seeyousuffer]

What Einzbern girl? [He'd killed the Einzbern woman himself, so that can't be who Gilgamesh means.]

The last I saw you, we were in Fuyuki together, after the Grail War.

[blinged]

And the last I saw you, you were taller and wearing an apron.

[He leans against the table and pulls his glass towards him]

Hey, mister, don't you think something funny's going on here?

[seeyousuffer]

An apron? I don't believe I've ever worn one. [What is he even supposed to make of that?] Then you don't remember the war, the fire?

Of that, there isn't any doubt.

[blinged]

Of course not. I bet that "me" was a separate incarnation. Funny how that works, isn't it?

[seeyousuffer]

That must be so. [It makes sense. There's no reason for Heroic Spirits not to have other incarnations.] Funny is one word for it.

[He'd rather have the Gilgamesh he's familiar with, but there's no reason not to speak to this smaller version.]

What kind of game did you have in mind? [He already has his own ideas, but he'd like to know what this child-sized King of Heroes thinks.]