[Being held by Shirou is the only thing that stops Kiritsugu from running down once he hears the crash.]

[He flinches. This is the point of divergence. Now Shirou truly understands that they are not the same person. Maybe this will motivate him to truly make the dream his own. But still... for once, Kiritsugu does feel some emotion surface. He can't simply let his worldview, which he gave so much for, be dismissed like that.]

I compromised. I understood what needed to be done. Even that wasn't enough.

You're searching for something even more difficult. To not have to cast anything away. An ideal even I never contemplated. [A lie. Yet another.]

Why do you think you can get out of that unscathed?