"For your sake, I hope not." Those were words solemnly said too, because it felt like they both just jinxed the matter. This...this little life was something Roman had fought for so hard, and it would be unfair to force him to lose it. Not every servant reached the grail and got their wish. That was the truth of the matter, and it was hard to not feel real empathy for Roman's position and the mere idea of anything threatening it. "I think sometimes it's less about stakes and more not thinking about the ways something can go wrong or be abused. But that speaks more to her good nature and view of humanity than anything else."

DaVinci was loved in her own lifetime for such reasons, wasn't she? He'd have to ask, and then pray someone like Michelangelo never got summoned. He was a grump equal to himself, by all accounts.

"....Roman if you're about to say that aliens built the pyramids then I want to live in ignorance."

The History Channel wasn't allowed to be right.

Grumping, Lord El-Melloi II withdrew the gesture. "Only because you asked. And the last thing I'll say is that if someone knows you're loyal and refuses to acknowledge it or is this controlling about conversations, I don't think it's right or fair."