"It's the same on my world." Waver confirmed with a slight nod. "And it's a long story, but...we've met, to say the least."

It sounded crazy even to Waver--of course it'd seem unbelievable to anyone without a cursory knowledge of the Holy Grail War or even magecraft.

"He was 'authority' in a category entirely his own; the kind of person who acted exactly like he wanted to and let the rest of the world fall all over themselves trying to compensate or catch up. After a while I stopped being annoyed with it and...ended up looking up to him." In both the literal and metaphorical sense. "Nobody else ever really talked to me with respect or took the time to correct my stupid mistakes rather than mock them. So if you want me to pick some kind of mentor, there's no question it would have to be him."