[Guido]

Coming to terms with yourself.

Getting grip of reality each passing day.....

Nature forever brutal, and the world relentless.

Archer lived through all deceptions and betrayals due to an ideal without foundation.

But I feel Archer's wrong on Kiritsugu implanting a curse on both of them.

Shiro was able to stand up, because he realized he wished to become an ideal hero of justice.

This I think is the bifurcation point separating Archer and Shiro's past and future selves; Archer forgot where his ideal came from.

Is Archer a shadow of the things that will come to Shiro walking the same path? or the shadow of things that could be if Shiro ever forgets his wish?

Whatever outcomes and possible reprisals and coming deceptions that may and will come Shiro still unwaveringly wants to be a Hero of Justice to see and do things through the end whatever the results may be.

I cannot forget how beautiful the soundtrack played on Unlimted Blade Works was for this episode. A theme of a man in agony, hollow on the inside, and the boy beaten down the ground by the harsh reality. And, yet the boy refuses to stand down but brave Hell itself, because he wished to fulfill his ideal and never losing sight of it.