[Caren doesn't even need to fully think through what Rin Tohsaka is suggesting to her. Her answer comes immediately, flatly.]
No. I do not think it is a matter of second chances. But the role I fulfill will be the same, regardless. I'm reconsidering my own selfishness.
[She has not once acknowledged the possibility that there is something else into which she might leverage herself, even as a member of Zenith. She has slotted herself into the closest position and expectations as what has always been on her. The occasional night she acted like someone who could desire something for her own sake, it felt like the wish of another person.
Rin comes closer, her gaze a microscope, and Caren's flat golden eyes are unblinking.]
no subject
No. I do not think it is a matter of second chances. But the role I fulfill will be the same, regardless. I'm reconsidering my own selfishness.
[She has not once acknowledged the possibility that there is something else into which she might leverage herself, even as a member of Zenith. She has slotted herself into the closest position and expectations as what has always been on her. The occasional night she acted like someone who could desire something for her own sake, it felt like the wish of another person.
Rin comes closer, her gaze a microscope, and Caren's flat golden eyes are unblinking.]
What are you looking for?