[ "--a woman." Saber hears it even if Kariya cuts himself off abruptly. Inwardly, he flinches at it, but he doesn't offer the word up to the other man. Lancelot is far easier to talk about, which says a lot about how he feels about these other King Arthurs, considering Lancelot is also a rather sensitive subject because of their history. ]

It's complicated, yes, but he has always been my dearest friend. I trust that he always has your best interests in mind and at heart.

[ His trust in the other knight is more nuanced than he lets on, but he does accept that the circumstances under which Lancelot betrayed him were very different from that of Kariya's. ]