[Zenith may be the cool, calculated reassurance that Tohsaka needs — but not by choice. Not by her choice. She is the heir, the legacy, and the only Tohsaka left. She is her father's hopes, dreams, and the passing of his knowledge. If she cannot be what he raised her to be, then what right did she have being the one who was picked as inheritor over her sister?
Her sister who lost the Tohsaka name. Her sister given away to a family that would corrupt her very flesh with its teachings. Rin had to be the way she is for Sakura. Because if Rin wasn't worthy of living up to the Tohsaka name then Sakura had suffered, was abandoned and thrown away, for nothing.]
Thank you, Gamora.
[There is no affirmation or denial. Tohsaka first makes to confirm her shard is safe as-is before staring at Gamora's hand. She should, uh... shake it? The green skin has Rin doubting that's the case, but... one thing she really hates is not seeing people be rewarded for their efforts.
Rin shakes the lingering hand. The sealing of an unspoken contract. The end of a deal.]
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Her sister who lost the Tohsaka name. Her sister given away to a family that would corrupt her very flesh with its teachings. Rin had to be the way she is for Sakura. Because if Rin wasn't worthy of living up to the Tohsaka name then Sakura had suffered, was abandoned and thrown away, for nothing.]
Thank you, Gamora.
[There is no affirmation or denial. Tohsaka first makes to confirm her shard is safe as-is before staring at Gamora's hand. She should, uh... shake it? The green skin has Rin doubting that's the case, but... one thing she really hates is not seeing people be rewarded for their efforts.
Rin shakes the lingering hand. The sealing of an unspoken contract. The end of a deal.]