[so his method of dealing with his past transgressions is that he isn't apologizing for them at all.
it's extraordinary, but it also makes sense to her in a way it only can for a heroic spirit like gilgamesh. this matches his antiquity and his morals. perhaps she could be more scathing against him, but rin has no urge to oppose what men such as him simply are—it's not her business, it's fruitless, it will go nowhere, and it doesn't interest her.
he might view it in the tremble that ripples through her features, her posture.
"peace" for the sake of enjoying peace one had never experienced before, or not experienced in some time, is effectively a convincing argument for rin. her wiser inner voice may deny gilgamesh's claims, suggest he's lying or his confessions are flimsy.
but she wants peace for archer. she wants peace for him, so even before she could resist, gilgamesh has won the battle of wooing her to his side.
at least, tentatively.
she bows her head, gazing at him uncertainly and questioningly.]
You're counting on me to take you at your word. That you say you want peace so you'll no longer cause us trouble. ... I would have to put my faith in you. I would just have to trust you turning over this new leaf somehow surpasses your misgivings towards my family and the Gilgamesh I know.
[he has already won her trust, to some small measure. she's so weak, really, thin and not well-defended in emotional matters.]
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it's extraordinary, but it also makes sense to her in a way it only can for a heroic spirit like gilgamesh. this matches his antiquity and his morals. perhaps she could be more scathing against him, but rin has no urge to oppose what men such as him simply are—it's not her business, it's fruitless, it will go nowhere, and it doesn't interest her.
he might view it in the tremble that ripples through her features, her posture.
"peace" for the sake of enjoying peace one had never experienced before, or not experienced in some time, is effectively a convincing argument for rin. her wiser inner voice may deny gilgamesh's claims, suggest he's lying or his confessions are flimsy.
but she wants peace for archer. she wants peace for him, so even before she could resist, gilgamesh has won the battle of wooing her to his side.
at least, tentatively.
she bows her head, gazing at him uncertainly and questioningly.]
You're counting on me to take you at your word. That you say you want peace so you'll no longer cause us trouble. ... I would have to put my faith in you. I would just have to trust you turning over this new leaf somehow surpasses your misgivings towards my family and the Gilgamesh I know.
[he has already won her trust, to some small measure. she's so weak, really, thin and not well-defended in emotional matters.]