So much for skirting around the topic. Sure, Waver asked in a way that didn't obligate her to say anything, but simply being asked and thinking about it at all was enough to briefly recall that pain. A wound that had never truly managed to heal.
"... Someone I met at Chaldea."
Hopefully that would be enough to deter further questions for the time being. This definitely wasn't something Ritsuka wanted to talk about in the middle of a library, if she even ever felt like talking about it at all. Two years since then, and she still hadn't managed to sort out her tangle of feelings about it.
That said, Ritsuka was nothing if not practiced at shoving aside anything that could threaten the image of Chaldea's Master when the situation warranted it, so the brief glimpse of that pain is gone again almost as quickly as it appeared.
"But if there's nothing to see here then there's not. I was thinking of checking out some of the other areas next."
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"... Someone I met at Chaldea."
Hopefully that would be enough to deter further questions for the time being. This definitely wasn't something Ritsuka wanted to talk about in the middle of a library, if she even ever felt like talking about it at all. Two years since then, and she still hadn't managed to sort out her tangle of feelings about it.
That said, Ritsuka was nothing if not practiced at shoving aside anything that could threaten the image of Chaldea's Master when the situation warranted it, so the brief glimpse of that pain is gone again almost as quickly as it appeared.
"But if there's nothing to see here then there's not. I was thinking of checking out some of the other areas next."