>>5701119You slowly thread downwards with the makeshift submarine bubble you've made, carefully guiding sylphs and undines together as the merrows push you in the right directions. The anticipation is mesmerizing, to finally meet your birthmother is something that you have been relishing, hoping that you would get to her safely, and after finally doing so, the cold uncertainty of the moral predicament she is in scares you beyond belief.
What are you going to do with her? What opinion do you even have of Sivir? Despite her abandoning her responsibilities as your mother, in an odd sense, all this whole search culminated in the journey of your life, one that made you into the man you've became. The self discovery, the strengthening of body and bonds. Yes, you have been battered and bruised beyond repair along the way, but you would never choose another man's life than your own.
Truly, there is nothing more that you wish to do other than have an open heart to heart with her: Get to know who she really was, make up for the time you've lost as a survivor of the Silver Eyed Clan massacre... But does your mission really call for her to be alive?
Despite your successful tests of strength and tactics, you start doubting on the fact that your victory just now wasn't a fluke, a part of The God Hand's plan to give you fake confidence... Would you really manage to do this flawlessly a second time? Against stronger opponents, no less?
You need the orb's power... You wish it didn't have to kill Sivir in the process, but the fact that she is in this state is also entirely your fault...
"Serpico..." Growing desperate, you seek support from the only person that can hear you right now. "...What would you do if you were in my place?"
Despite being quick to joke around, Serpico is experienced as he is sensitive, if guiding Farnese around during her dark years were anything to go by.
"That depends. As your friend? I trust you to make the right decision, and I won't judge for whichever one it is..." You hear his voice dropping in octaves, as he remembers what he's only now facing the consequences of killing his mother, his relationship with the half-sister he's been raised with having a significant fissure.
"...As someone who was forced to kill his mother in the past... Don't do it, Vlad. It's a memory you will not live down. Part of your self respect, your sense of self will die along with you, and given what you've been dealing with so far and the lengths you've gone to protect who you see as your family... I don't want to sit by and let you do the same mistake I did when I know I could have stopped you."
Serpico absolutely sees himself in your place, and wants to make sure you don't lose yourself, changing who you are in your essence as you take your mother out of this world for the sake of more spiritual power...
