[Archer doesn't tense, his posture slack and unguarded. He chooses his words carefully, knowing that Caster is one step from flinging into violence.]

Yes, your fate was the result of few choices that you made for yourself, and so is the tale of great hero Cú Chulainn. [Archer speaks slowly, his tone carefully neutral.] Even after millenias has passed you are still bound to choose one oath over another.

[He's not offering pity, merely stating the facts. Then his voice takes a slightly different, somber tone.]

Then there is Cú Chulainn that is freed from such fate, who won the Grail War and was summoned as a god. One gifted with runes of creation, powerful enough to rewrite a fate of certain death. Like each power it comes with a price.

[Archer's voice fades into silence and he waits.]