Talk:Tomoe Gozen/@comment-30736282-20180511130942

Tomoe (if you have Yoshinaka): Yoshinaka-sama--! Kuh... No, I can't. Master, I'm sorry it's just that... I mean, my love to Yoshinaka-sama, there is nothing in this world that can rival it. Of that I am sure. However, during our final moments, Yoshinaka-sama, he ordered me to flee. He told me that dying by my side would be a terrible shame for him. If there is a greater regret for me than not being by his side to the bitter end, it would be being such disgrace to my liege. To fail him in battle as his retainer, and in life as his partner, I really am the worst... Maybe if I was a better warrior, or if I wasn't born an Oni, or maybe if I wasn't born a woman! Even now I-- No, that's enough. I can't be a burden to him even after death. All I have now is this Holy Grail War. If I do my best as your Servant, maybe some day, Yoshinaka-sama will come to proudly acknowledge me as a fellow Servant.

Yoshinaka (if you have Tomoe): Tomoe... Geh, this won't do at all. Ah, I do beg your pardon, Master. That woman, Tomoe was my world, my brightly shining sun. But despite that, at the very last bitter end... I betrayed her. I knew she'd sooner fight to the death than abandon me, so I told her how her death by my side would bring shame to my name. Breaking her heart was my only choice at the time. Bah, but I was a fool. The moment I took her pledge, I knew I had sealed her fate. I already knew she'd forfeit her life at my behest, or live the rest of it fighting like a beast. That last blunder was nothing but my denial, to free myself the guilt of the thought of killing my beloved. Even if she had fled, my cousins would've hunted her. Not only did I kill her, I also broke her heart as a maiden, and trampled her pride as a warrior. I am the worst liege a retainer can ever serve under. That is why Master, please let me serve you in turn, to the best of my ability. If I can do my best as a Servant, then maybe some day, I can start over when Tomoe has found her forgiveness...