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Τὸ συμβόλαιον δια-

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The heck? How am I even supposed to memorize that?!

[Nagi madly flips through his spell book, flopped out on a mushroom on the third floor, wearing his black shirt and pants. More like angrily laying on it, unable to keep this stuff in his mind long enough to memorize it. It took him years to memorize his lightning spells. Having to relearn to ice was just as difficult. And yes, his pronunciation was horrific and stilted in a way only a person with a English accent could pull off.]

Does Greek really need to be that hard??

Fine, next! Latin...

....god, I'm still bad at Latin too.

Immitte. Okay, I can remember that word. Immitte. Immitte. Immitte. Got it.

Maybe?

[He finally gives up, yelling loudly to anyone who can hear.]

Tell me someone around can speak Latin or ancient Greek! I'm about to die over here!

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[Why must he be so boisterous? Saber is trying her best to ignore him and continue with her meditation. She has been on the area first, sitting seiza-style near the mushrooms when he has begun talking to himself. Aloud. Persistently.

Her formerly relaxed facial muscles begin to twitch when he starts shouting.]

...

[There is no silencing him.]

Guh- Could you be silent for a minute?

[She speaks up without moving from her position yet or opening her eyes.]

Learnin' is a loud thing, get over it!

[Getting up to stand on his mushroom table!]

Besides, where's that helpin' attitude you had earlier? "I'll help anyone in need." [With the quoted part said like Saber, again.]

You are not in any genuine perceived distress.

[But hearing her own words repeated in a tone she recognizes make her open her eyes to glare at him for mocking her again. She considers bargaining with him in order to get her serenity back.]

If I help you with the Latin, would you be silent?

[Britain was a part of the Roman Empire, even if she was born after its fall, Latin was spoken as a common tongue there.]

[See, his demeanor already turns upside down. Nagi was an easy man to please. About as easy to please as he was to frustrate.]

Yeah, I can deal with that! Let's see how good your dead language skills are!

[She wants an apology for his mockery but she does not think he is even aware of what he has done. She rises immediately and, looking displeased, walks toward him. There are things she wants to ask. About his memory loss, she has taken care of her problem, so now it's his turn to look after his.

But this will wait.]

What are you trying to decipher?

[He opens his book and shows off the page he's on. It quite clearly says

'Immitte, Gelida Halitus! Nivis Casus!' (Frozen Breath, Fire! Falling Snow!)

in his handwriting.]

Give me some tips on how to memorize that!

This spell to summon snow?

[She reads and wonders about his request. If she beats him on the head until he memorizes the phrase, would that help? Saber's a poor teacher sometimes.]

Is the wording that complicated to recall? Hm. Do you know the meaning of the words? Perhaps that will help you.

An avalanche that can cause instant hypothermia instead of snow but yeah. I know what it means.

[He shrugs.]

It's memorizin' the words, you know? It ain't easy! I need some kinda trick.

Why would you need to learn this spell here?

[There is no mountain or snow to cause an avalanche.]

Have you tried associating the words with images to remember the sequence?

[She doesn't think it's too complicated.]

....because it's strong? Not the strongest ice spell but that's in Greek so I dunno if you can speak that.

Let me start from the top to make this easy. Normally, I'd be usin' electric based spells. I have what I need memorized there. When I got here, I not only couldn't use those but my alignment changed to ice. That's why I'm learnin'.

[He just shakes his head. That's about as serious you're going to get him in casual conversation. Explaining this stuff, at least.]

And I haven't tried that.

[She will leave the magus affairs to other magus, she has only been asked help about Latin, after all.]

I learned Greek during my youth, though I am not fluent or confident with it to aid you.

[To read some classic books and treaties, Merlin translated most of the time.]

Then I suggest you to try it. Start with two words, then add another.

...like an eeny meany miney moe kind of thing?

I have never heard of this. What language are you speaking?

[She has to lift both eyebrows.]

I'm sorry for your crappy childhood.

[Very sorry.]

[She frowns at the completely unsolicited pity.]

Do not lose your focus. Try to do as I suggested and test if you can recall the spell.

Yeah, yeah.

Well. What kinda word can I use that sounds like Immitte. So you know, I can speak English and Japanese fluently.

Hm. Let me think about this, I propose you use "meaning" in Japanese. ["いみ". It sounds like the word he wishes to pronounce.] Perhaps you would be able to recall the full word with that reminder.

Alright, I could go with that! Seems simple enough. Yeah, let's call it a trigger word.

For the second word, gelida, you can use "hell". [As trigger, the pronunciation is similar.] Will you be able to do the others on your own?

....maybe. Sort of.

[Nagi isn't the brightest, really.]

I've got one memorized, at least!

Try to remember the first two words, before moving onto the next one.

[She doesn't like this uncertainty. She's going to make sure he recalls this spell.]

Fine, fine. It's not like I'm some kind of captive that's resisting.

If you know them, utter those words.

[Without looking at his spell book. She's waiting, Nagi. Show her you have learned them.]

[He starts running through them under his breath. At least he's doing it.]

...there, happy?

[The bonus is that he didn't stop and complain.]

This is for your benefit. Are you satisfied with the results?

[She has to remind him of this too?]

The third word is "Halitus." Try aliterate or alibi as trigger words to recall it.

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