>>5134358"I suppose I can give her the benefit of the doubt if she isn't too far gone." You can't promise not to kill Merlina since that is apparently written in the scribbles of causality, but should she prove not to be a threat to your life, you can at least try to listen to what she has to say.
"Thank you, Dear Halfling... You are doing a great favor to your mother. Even if killing Hedwyn would mean that you would... Sever your means of connecting with me... I don't want to interfere in your discoveries, as that could only seep you even further into the abyss, but just by managing to communicate with you, there is a chance that your father might be hearing our conversation, and try to undo Morgana's seal..."
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The ringing of his eldritch screams soon reach both yours and Sivir's eardrums, bringing great pain as the visions of red come back to haunt you. Those visions were not mere hallucinations, but ghosts of your past trying to send you back to the swamp. Seeing as your mother tried to contact you from beyond the earth, so did the sorcerer Hedwyn.
A red mist starts to trail in front of your field of vision, but this time it does not make you sick. It only serves as a lead on where to walk to, a compass for you to guide yourself with until you met Silver Eyed Merlina.
"His is all I can do for now, be swift! I doubt she will endure this for long in her condition!
Removed of any margin of error, you manage to reach the swamp with one additional week's worth of time, only having to take care of yourself to rest and not to trip on any stumps, but the scenery that welcomed you as you finally found your way into the flesh forest was far worse than anything you could have prepared for...
