The reason why I will not lose is because you are my Master. [Yes, he was a powerful warrior on his own. He would flaunt that, he was a man confident in his lancework. He had every right to be.

But what was a Knight without a banner to rally around. Waver was his banner, his lodestar. Whether he wielded sword or spear.]

You haven't broken the promise you made. The sky will take time to reach and you've ascended higher from when we last met. You fall and you climb again.

[As much as he wanted to will something of a smile, his own heart was weak. The thought that Fionn existed in a Holy Grail War filled him with endless dread. He was frightened.

He was not strong as Waver thought he was. Therefore...]

I will entrust Diarmuid ua Duibhne's heart to you. And I will protect Waver Velvet's that Lord El-Melloi II will do what he must.