OH MY GOD I FOUND THIS 3 YEARS TOO LATE. THIS IS A HIDDEN GEM. A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

“Yeah, you’re right. I’ll think about it… By the way, you kinda look like a friend of mine, so I hope you don’t mind me being a little forward before I go.
“I think you’ll find happiness someday.
“Every smile you’ve shown me here has been fake, but…
''But, you know…that smile you had when you trusted in your ideal? Now, that was the real thing. I haven’t seen such a fantastic smile in a long time,”
“If your ideal can make you smile like that, I’m sure they won’t betray you.”
“And so…keep believing in your ideal, too.”
“If you do, I know you’ll be able to smile a lot.”

It wasn’t clear whether it realized just how cruel those words were.
Alaya left his landscape without another word, and as Emiya watched it go, he didn’t say anything, either.

A really nice and very well written story on the whole.

One of your strong aspects in writing stories is your thorough grasp of characters, either pre-existing or original, and to then weave those characters into new situations where they act in a manner natural to their established characteristics and behaviour.

I don't quite like the last chapter though, as the nuclear ending felt shoehorned in. With an infinite number of parallel worlds, ending it after chapter 10 would have been fine (minus the rewind). Or even with the rewind and chapter 11, it would have been fine to just have Relchronos be killed by either Ciel or Arcueid, without him having prepared a suicide attack.

Regardless, thank you for writing and sharing this story.

This was a truly excellent piece of writing, both in terms of characterization and plot. The only thing I really feel could be improved is clarifying what "the tower" referred to by multiple characters is.

That, and the fact that the entire "Adrian grows ever more suspicious of Shirou" plot thread kind of never really had a payoff. It might have been better if Adrian was still aware enough to curse Shirou out when Shirou faked turning

Words fail me.

I have literally sat for minutes & still cannot begin to describe how excellent this story is. Just... FiendLurcher, you did a really, really good job. This is probably the greatest piece of fanfiction I have ever read.

Man this whole fic has been a great journey.

"It is the needle with which the fabric of reality that is the "real world" has been sown in place."

'Sown' is what happens to the farmer's seeds, you mean 'sewn'

This has been a great ride as I for go an entire night of sleep to read this all the way through. I love your writing because I do so enjoy that fluff. This is a while ride that fills in that gap of knowledge of Emiya Shirou who becomes the Counter Guardian so well. Thank you for the wonderful story. I look forwards to more.

I am indeed surprised. I can indeed begin to see how a rift may appear between Shirou and Rin besides his drive to save others.

Always interesting in how to tie in dinosaurs. Some may say "But What About Dragons!" And at times I will now ask "But What About Dinosaurs!".

Hm, interesting inversion of the field. For a moment, I thought you were intending to have Shirou trapped in a Time dilation field but that would serve no purpose for Relchronos using the available information.

I think I can see what is going to happen. I also noticed the world ordering a few chapters back, but I hope to be surprised either way.

Even if it has been 15 years since it came out, I am still behind on the Nasu verse and so much content. This was a very interesting chapter. I look forwards to more.

Very interesting complications to face. Looking forwards to Relchronos' reactions.

My memories are ajar. Have I read this story before? It feels familiar, but how can that be? When in time could I have read it? I do not remember. I am surely glad to read it again and reimprint it to my brain. Thanks for the chapter. I look forwards to more.