"Forget it. Let's just say you kidnapped a hostage..."
Shinji let out a long sigh inwardly, thinking Rider might really have the airheaded trait.
Having just finished grumbling internally, Shinji suddenly realized something seemed off.
Why was Lancer behind them chasing so closely? Only thirty-odd meters apart? Rider couldn't shake him?
Rider's Agility was A. Lancer, bound by Command Spells, shouldn't have been able to keep up.
...Unless this wasn't their first fight!
You fought Lancer before?
Hearing that, Rider quietly nodded in acknowledgment.
Shinji: ...
After another long silence, Shinji finally sent a weary telepathic message.
"All right, all right, throw me down. Your Agility is both A, and compared to average speed, you've got the advantage, but that's hard to say when you're carrying someone. Not to mention that guy's endurance and burst speed are better than yours. Keep this up, and he'll catch us."
Throw him down? Rider was a little dumbfounded. From dozens, maybe even over a hundred meters up, at this speed, throw him down...
As if guessing what Rider was thinking, Shinji sent another message. "Don't worry. Lancer won't just leave me to die. We've got a friendship between men! And only this way can you find an opening to shake him off for good!"
Rider was still hesitating.
"Hurry up! Otherwise, it'll really be too late to explain!"
The telepathic voice ringing in her ears seemed a little loud, and because of that, Rider couldn't help developing some strange feelings.
Simply put, it was like: Why are you yelling so loud?! You're being mean to me, you're being mean to me! Just because you're my Master—at least, in my mind—you think you can be this mean to me!
Then, after one second of thought, Rider let go of Shinji without the slightest hesitation