Minimal time... that'd be nice. Hopefully that's the case.

[ something that's hilarious NOW that they're neck deep in some weird murder mystery, but hey, they don't know that yet! ]

But you know, as your Master I'm not going to let you shoulder my failures on top of your own. [ sure, richard can shoulder the blame of not being proactive enough, but that's because he's been carrying ayaka around like dead weight for so long. even if she had decided half way into the war to become his master, she still feels responsible for the days before that and her actions after. ]

Because...we're, uh, a team, right?