Waver let out a slow breath he didn't realize he'd been holding at the spoken words, pressing a hand to his eyes. He knew the finality with which Ritsuka spoke them; recognized it as the certain recitation of something that could not be forgotten. Written in memory in letters of blood and loss.

"...The Association must have completely shit itself. Something which even normal humans can percieve, and on so massive a scale...the entire secret of magecraft's existence would be at risk."

But who the hell cared about that right now?

"So he was just...hiding in plain sight, the entire time. But I don't understand why. Was it because Chaldea was Animusphere's project to begin with?"