blood paintings
20. Child

At first, he'd wanted to be a hero.

He wonders how many people who wanted to be heroes wind up twisted down the road. The ones who don't die too early, probably, he thinks.

Kiritsugu Emiya was one of the ones who twisted, wasn't he?

Shirou Emiya is another one. And he can twist even further. If the Shirou of this world had survived Lancer, what would he have done? Killed his past himself? Perhaps. At least, when he hadn't known what a pointless endeavour it would be.

Now… Unless he became a Master in another war, he needn't bother.