"The time to process things doesn't exist in the midst of action," Waver agreed. After the Grail War, it had taken years to fully take in the scope of what he had done and experienced. At the time, everything had happened too fast to remotely register the threats to his life, the things scene, and the emotional weight of it all. "Although I now realize, I don't know how many years it is that you've been here. Is that too forward a question?"

Less forward than some questions, but still. "I'm trying to figure out if anyone has written about why these damn things act like a leash to this place. I can't think of a logical reason for that to be the case."

"Ah, but trying to escape requires some level of strategy and planning in and of itself," Waver pointed out . He then registered the look he was getting and paused. "Sorry, did I say something wrong?"