[Tohsaka has no choice. Caster's energy stores are too great, and Rin has to fall back. She gets within speaking distance of Gray — her back turned to the other girl at first.]
Are you all right? That dress doesn't—
[Rin turns, and that was a mistake. The flaxen hair shines gold in the low light. Different from the platinum that set her apart from Saber and Mordred. Her breath catches in her throat, and her eyes cannot peel away from the sight before her. That face, that hair... in a foreign dress and weak at the knees.
The only thing that gets Rin to throw up a barrier in time is Caster's laughter echoing through the church.]
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Are you all right? That dress doesn't—
[Rin turns, and that was a mistake. The flaxen hair shines gold in the low light. Different from the platinum that set her apart from Saber and Mordred. Her breath catches in her throat, and her eyes cannot peel away from the sight before her. That face, that hair... in a foreign dress and weak at the knees.
The only thing that gets Rin to throw up a barrier in time is Caster's laughter echoing through the church.]