>>16892768Serena gets down to Alice's level, she places a sympathetic hand on her little shoulder, "Alice, that chicken gets faster and faster as time goes by, we'll never be able to catch up to it."
Alice's eyes start getting watery, Serena expects this, but is still unprepared for it despite all her pre-cautions, "B-But... We just gotta, we gotta!"
Serena would be lying if she said her ice heart wasn't momentarily melted. She almost considers going after the smogonchicken, but something else hits her first, "...But Calem explicitly told me to keep you out of trou-"
"B-But mum-mum!... W-We hafta... P-Please?"
The face.
That heartbroken, sad little toddler's face.
>'I have been dreading this day...'>Serena...A) succumbs to loli-love and goes after Torchic.
B) resists the loli-love and adheres to the note's orders.
C) goes and sees if she can get a superior Torchic.