

In the Sparks Liner High ending of Heaven's Feel,

> Shirou ends up as a vegetable, since his mind has completely deteriorated.  
>  
>  However, since he was lying next to Saber, could his deteriorated brain
> have been repaired by Avalon? Avalon is supposed to have ultimate
> regenerative properties, so wouldn't it be able to regenerate him?  
>  
>  Not to mention, Avalon allows people to use techniques that would normally
> be too overbearing to the user (like how Kiritsugu could use higher levels
> of Time Alter). Shouldn't the same apply to Shirou?


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In Sparks Liner High, could Avalon have saved Shirou?


I don't believe so. According to the Wikia a Head Shot will still kill
Avalon's holder

> The holder of the scabbard is granted potent healing, allowing for critical
> and fatal wound to be rapidly repaired to restore the wielder's health.
> Minor injuries are restored easily, and even large missing portions of the
> body and destroyed vital organs like the heart can quickly be restored at
> the critical moment before death. **Targeting anything other than the
> holder's head in order to destroy their brain is futile,** requiring for a
> decisive strike to be landed in order to cause any true damage.

Source: [Avalon (3rd Paragraph)](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Avalon)

So it's possible that the damage the brain is still too much for Avalon.
thinking on when this Bad End could occur i can only think of 2 times Shirou
fought Saber in Heaven's Feel and the only time i can think of in which
Shirou's brain could be destroyed because of a fight would be in the caverns
where the Greater Grail is located. even if Shiou's brain did heal it would
still be a Bad End because it would probably take too long for Shirou to be ok
to stop Angra Mainyu being born and saving Sakura and Rin.

Now while i havn't seen that Bad End if Saber died in it then Avalon only
works to a limited level using the residual magical energy it has, if she is
still alive Shirou doesn't have the near True Immortality it provides because
while a Contract with Saber isn't required to use Avalon's power it is for the
immortality and it's Sakura who has this Contract for the most part of
Heaven's Feel

> The contract between Saber and a Master isn't a requirement to use Avalon's
> abilities, but having one will provide the user the true benefit of limited
> immortality by allowing it to obtain magical energy from Saber and fully
> utilize its effects according to the contract.
>
> ...
>
> Avalon's effects are less potent for those without the contract, allowing
> its regenerative abilities to be used only while Saber is close enough to
> provide magical energy to it.

Source: [Avalon - Master's Noble
Phantasm](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Avalon)


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