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[attr=class,bulk]"I need to show you something." That was how this began.[break][break]

It did not originally begin as a plan to confront the leviathan Yveltal itself directly, but to level with his sister, whom he could no longer afford to shelter. Whatever he might've thought of her before was now overshadowed by the events and subsequent title thrust upon her following the raid on Sootopolis. And more than that, he wanted to be on better terms with his sister before either of them went and bit the dust.[break][break]

Getting this off his chest might also offer some catharsis. Climbing the mountain is an arduous task, one that they carry out unassisted by pokemon. Navigating precarious staircases chiseled into the side of the mountain, Adrian calls back to his sister, who is much less familiar with the mountain than him. "How're you holding up?"[break][break]

They weren't nearly there yet, but even he was beginning to feel taxed by the trek up the mountain. He could only imagine his sister to be frustrated with him for remaining so indirect about his purpose for bringing her here, though she was sure to have made a few guesses. If nothing else, they could visit Howitzer's grave together. And they could speak freely here, as he'd made careful strides to have the area guarded.

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"Fucking hell..." Serena breathed to herself as she paused for a moment on the steps to stretch and catch her breath. Sera and Adrian had been on some magical fucking mystery journey to Arceus knows where. She'd asked him multiple times about their destination but to save him the annoyance she kept it minimal since it was clear he had no intentions in revealing the details currently. [break][break]

Because of that Serena found herself increasingly annoyed as she followed after him on this mountain path. She wasn't dressed for a hike after all. If it was going to be some arduous journey he could've given her a heads up at least. She sighed not wanting to fall far behind and pushed her tired, shin splinted legs to continue to carry her up this never ending staircase. [break][break]

Things had been...tense to say the least. Just when she thought it would be possible for them to move forward she found out due to Rowan Wrynn 's slip of tongue, that her brother was not only the Avatar of Death but suffering as well. Something she deemed to be pretty big news. Then when she thought about how he reacted to her not telling him about her afterschool activities with Rocket she ended up even more irritated. [break][break]

They both had secrets that deserved to be shared to one another yet it was Adrian who had decided give her the cold shoulder for a while, knowing he had his own fucked secret to keep. It reignited the flame that had been dying down in her all over again. The only difference was that Serena was just too tired and busy to continue to be petty and hold it against him. [break][break]

Still, that didn't make it okay. Hence the tense atmosphere. She didn't want this to continue but that didn't erase the betrayal she now felt. Perhaps this is how he felt when she didn't tell her about being apart of Rocket. "How're you holding up?" Adrian called out to her while she pushed herself to catch up with him. [break][break]

With a few huffs she brushed past him up the stairs. "What's it look like?" She answered in an exhausted and irritated tone before shaking her head. "Let's just keep going, I'll be better once we get there." she said getting rid of the venom that had been in her voice before. Just because she was tired of the trek didn't mean she needed to make this shit unbearable for the both of them. "Wherever 'there' might be." she grumbled as she continued to climb the stairs.

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[attr=class,bulk]"All the way to the summit," he relayed to her, less than optimistic.[break][break]

Nothing said they had to do it all on foot. It was just something he liked to do when he wanted to comb the area before conducting his 'business' here, rather than just flying straight to the summit. Eventually he settled on a compromise; slipping his thumb and index past his lips, Adrian gave a sharp whistle that heralded the Spectrier.[break][break]

Stroking its muzzle dotingly, he turned to Serena. "We can ride the rest of the way up." Adrian threw a leg over its side, clambering up Spectrier's back before wondering if Serena had a pokemon of their own. "...Do you have a horse with you?"[break][break]

Adrian grabbed at spectral reins that appeared where he raised his hands and clenched his hands, his heels pressing gently against the ephemeral beast's sides, spurring it into a trot towards Serena. It hadn't occurred to him she might not.

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"All the way to the summit,"[break][break]

Adrian's words almost caused his litter sister to stumble and trip on her own two feet up the stairs. Luckily she regained her balance before turning around slowly to stare at her brother in horror. "Why in the seven hells would we be going all the way there?" she asked as her face paled. She didn't think she'd be able to make it all the way there in once piece. [break][break]

All the training she did wouldn't be able to save her. [break][break]

Suddenly all the exhaustion caught up to her in moments and she suddenly lost the will to take even one more step further. It was impossible. The only thing that had kept her going was the promise that they were almost there. But now this? She wouldn't make it. Years of her youth had already been sacrificed during her climb up this godsforsaken mountain. [break][break]

Serena was about to suggest Adrian take the rest of the trek alone, and that she would just wait for him here when he whistled summoning his Spectrier to his side. It was a beauty, magnificent even. She watched in awe as he mounted the steed before turning towards her with an expectant gaze. "We can ride the rest of the way up."[break][break]

Serena stared back at him dumbfounded. They could've been riding this whole time but he only just now thought to bring it up?! "...Do you have a horse with you?" Adrian asked as a follow up, snapping Serena out of her thoughts. Suddenly she became crestfallen as she stared down at her feet. "N-no." She felt her cheeks become flushed and she was almost sure her skin was rosy with embarrassment. That's right, this wouldn't do her any good since she didn't have one of her own to make this journey easier. [break][break]

Serena sighed heavily once more. She was right back to square one. Here she was, promoted and yet it was still clear there were things she obviously lacked. She didn't even need Adrian to point them out to her anymore. How could it be she had almost been here in Hoenn for a year and still had not grown and inch since her arrival? [break][break]

With a huff she plopped down to the ground with a pout. Very reminiscent of what she would do as a child when she had given up. "You know what Adrian, it might just be better you head on up on your own. I'll only slow you down anyway." she said with a shake of her head. [break][break]

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[attr=class,bulk]'That's where it resides,' he would've considered responding, but decided against it. Better to let her see for herself, he thought, than to lay it all out for her now. But as the conversation pressed on, his sister grew increasingly despondent. It wasn't at all like her usual self. "Don't say that," he ordered in his sharp trill.[break][break]

Why would she back down now, after coming this far? Did she lose resolve so easily?[break][break]

"Listen, I know it's a long way up, but—Howie would want to see you." It was an emotional ploy that ought to have worked, calling back fond memories of when they would go off gallivanting as kids to try and remind her of that spark. So they grew up, and the world started growing a little colder, a little more alien. That wasn't enough to drive out hope, however. Not for him at least. He believed Serena would remember herself... "Just climb on, it'll be over in a wink," he tried persuasively.[break][break]

It was all just a matter of time and circumstance until Serena came around. All he could do until then was to help nudge her along the way, forcefully if needed.

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"Don't say that," Adrian's tone was sharp which caused Serena's amber hues to narrow as she stared back at him. What was his deal? She'd only said she didn't want to slow him down. She opened her mouth to respond but her brother was quicker it would seem. "Listen, I know it's a long way up, but—Howie would want to see you."[break][break]

Serena froze and she felt her body grow cold. Howie? Pain reflected in her gaze as she stared back at Adrian in surprise. They were going to see Howie? Sera felt a pang in her chest as she curled her hands into fists at her sides. Suddenly she felt pathetic. How could she give up like this here? After she had come all this way already?[break][break]

But to be fair. She had no idea they were going to see her. "Why didn't you just tell me?" Serena said, her voice now dejected as she stared at the ground. All he had to say was that they were going to visit Howie's grave and she would've never complained in the first place. "Just climb on, it'll be over in a wink,"[break][break]

"Fine." She said as she lifted herself of her sitting perch with a grunt before climbing up on the steed with Adrian's help. Serena couldn't remember the last time she'd been riding horseback. It was something she'd left back in her childhood. "Lead the way then." she said softly.

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[attr=class,bulk]"Because there's more to it than just that," he admitted reluctantly.[break][break]

When she finally mounted up, Adrian gave a gentle tap of his heel to Spectrier's side, and it took off at a brisk gallop. It carried them effortlessly, as if it were not bound to mortal constraints, availing them to the summit in no time at all. But they must needs have held have, he to the reins and Serena to her brother. It was such that she dragged the collar of his shirt away from the nape of his neck, exposing the farmer's tan beneath. Were she not careful, it might expose her to his affliction.[break][break]

With any luck they would reach their destination without incident.[break][break]

"See? Not so much as a hiccup." He tugs at the collar of his jacket, pulling it up after feeling the draft sending goose pimples down along his back. They're not more than a couple yards from Howitzer's makeshift shrine. Surrounding it are stones embedded in the dirt bearing strange markings, and archways surrounding it on multiple fronts that lead to different sections. An urn sits before a tablet of stone, and Adrian's expression softens before plucking a cigarette from the pack in his coat pocket. "Here she is."[break][break]

A breeze flows over them, snuffing out his cigarette, as if to stop him.[break][break]

Though he generally felt colder for her absence, the sunlight basked them in cozy rays that abated the altitude's frigid clime. He hadn't brought an offering of incense or flowers, but he has brought family to greet her. "Look who came to see you..."[break][break]

He speaks as if she's right there, but to Serena it's obviously meant to be sentimental. Or is it? As he feels the encroaching presence tapping into his conscious, he's reminded of that fateful night where the dead stirred from their graves at its behest. It made him a believe, and he knew now Howitzer was watching, somewhere out there...[break][break]

And in a way, she had never left him. Not even for a moment.

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"Because there's more to it than just that," It was clear Adrian wasn't going to give her anymore information than that so she didn't press him further. Instead she just hooked her arms around him right before they started to take off. This speed was more like it now that her feet could rest. They made much better progress than the earlier hike. [break][break]

However, now as the wind whipped past her she realized the air had a bit of a bite to it. She pressed her forehead against Adrian's back so that she could avoid her hair beating her face as they continued their incline, unaware that she might have been tugging on his jacket as she did so. [break][break]

They reached their destination in no time. After quickly dismounting the horse she finally got to get a good look at the place her brother was being so shady about. "See? Not so much as a hiccup." Serena pressed her lips into a thin line resisting the urge to make a sassy quip about how this mode of transportation should've been used from the start. He got the point surely. [break][break]

"Here she is." he says as his expression softens. Serena turns to see an urn surrounded by rocks with strange symbols. Serena's own gaze trembled as she slowly approached Howitzer's grave. "Look who came to see you..." she distantly heard Adrian say but only because she was too focused on what was in front of her. [break][break]

Serena's head bowed as her hands began to tremble at her side. Memories of her childhood, laughing and playing with Howie flashed in her mind. She slowly lowered herself down to the ground till she was sitting in front of the grave. With a shaky inhale she offered a soft smile at the urn. "It's been a while, huh Howie?" she said as she folded her trembling hands in her lap. "I'm sorry I couldn't bring you any flowers or even one of your favorite treats." she said before flashing Adrian a look behind her. "This guy didn't give me time to prepare anything." she said with a roll of her eyes before she turned back and smiled. [break][break]

"No worries though. The next time I come back I'll have all your favorites, so you can rest easy, you know I've always had your back." she said with a soft chuckle before a short silence washed over them. "I...I wish I could've seen you one more time. To let you and Cas play like you guys used to." Serena sighed heavily as she stood up to her feet. [break][break]

Bending down she brushed a few apricorns off the grave to clean it up a bit. "Maybe...you'll both be together now that..." she couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence. "I hope you guys can play with each other again now and keep each other company. Cas would never admit it but he missed you terribly." she said with a grim smile. "As do I..."[break][break]

Serena's head hung low for a few more moments of silence before she slowly backed away from the grave and turned towards her older brother. "Thanks...for bringing me here."

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[attr=class,bulk]"Don't mention it," he said, regretting not having brought her here sooner. Basked in the warm glow of the sun, how could he not feel Howie had heard them? Approaching the shrine and kneeling before it, he places six Grepa Berries among the offerings, leaving them there for her. Or perhaps to attract some company to this lonely site. Rising back to his feet, feeling the air rushing around him and tossing his hair in the wind, he recognizes a familiar aura seeping into their plane. Right...[break][break]

Adrian takes a few steps back and tears his eyes away from the shrine abruptly, staring towards a marred stretch of earth some ten yards away or more. A hint of concern and revulsion gloss over his eyes as he plasters them to the sudden source of his malaise. Serena, whether or not she took note, would notice a faint shuddering of the earth as something passed through from the other side of...[break][break]

"...And this is why I really brought you here." He owed her an explanation.[break][break]

Yveltal, clad in a cocoon of stygian make, emerges from a pit in the marred earth before unfurling into its resplendent figure with wings held high. Yet it made not a sound. Its gnarled talons descend as the wings lower onto the earth, allowing it to prowl forward at a modest pace towards them before halting, leaving a modest berth.[break][break]

"...Finally, you return to me. Unharmed. Undeterred, yet..."[break]Unearthly cyan eyes shine like a brilliant star as they level to better gauge Serena, knowing full well the depth of their relationship, but not being so attuned to Adrian's motives as to understand his reason for bringing her. "...You bring a guest..."[break][break]

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Serena turned to face away from Howie's grave in an attempt to give Adrian a private moment while he paid his respects. She assumed once he was done that would be leaving. Still, while the trip was short she was glad she had tagged along. Plus now that she knew where this place was she could visit more often on her own. [break][break]

Shoving her hands in her pockets she shivered at a sudden gust of wind that whipped her hair in her eyes causing them to tear up a little. She would've continued to mind her business had a familiar feeling of pressure mixed with dread didn't wash over her. It was the same she got whenever she encountered Gavin with Lugia was around at times. [break][break]

With a questioning glance she turned around to look at her brother who was focusing on a patch of marred earth a few paces away from them. Serena's amber hues focused on the spot as well. She squinted for a moment wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her. But it was no optical illusion, something really did pass through the earth causing a trembling of the earth as it did so. [break][break]

"...And this is why I really brought you here." Her eyes snapped to her brother as she straightened up realizing without even seeing the god form yet. Moments later Yveltal emerged from the patch of darkened earth. It's entrance was quite grand as it unfurled its mighty wings in all it's glory before slowly descending as if it knew all eyes were on them. [break][break]

Serena had been in the presnce of quite a few avatars, even recently had a near death encounter with one. Still, she could never really shake the initial feeling that welled up in her gut every time she laid eyes on one of the legendries. Yveltal approached them slowly but made sure to give them enough space before addressing Adrian. "...Finally, you return to me. Unharmed. Undeterred, yet..." [break][break]

Yveltal's cold gaze fell on her and caused her jaw to set rigidly as she held it's gaze. "...You bring a guest..." Serena felt another gaze on her which was more familiar. It allowed her to relax a little before sighing and running her fingers through her hair before shrugging. "You should've told me we'd be meeting someone so important." she complained a little as she tore her gaze from the god of death to look at her brother instead, "I would've worn my best outfit." her tone was sarcastic but it was her attempt and reducing the tension around her. [break][break]

Jokes aside she crossed her arms as amber eyes narrowed on Adrian. "Alright, enough surprises. It's time you start explaining your plan here." Serena had, had her share of surprises and secrets today and with Yveltal in front of her just as confused as she was, she demanded some answers.

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"Important? Heh, don't get the wrong idea..." Yveltal shifted its lumbering figure at the backhanded remark, but otherwise maintained composure. Their alliance was forged out of necessity, not admiration or loyalty. More oft than not, he found the loathsome creature a wretched thing, one that had never done for him anything it wouldn't have done for itself, for its own reasons. But perhaps it would have behooved Serena to present herself more graciously towards an alleged god of death.[break][break]

"...This one sees fit to mock me, even as he tests my hospitality..." Yveltal does not take well to Adrian's comments, yet treats him as more than just another vessel carrying out man's duplicity. For so long as it had deigned to share with Adrian its terrible duties, it has made note of his unwillingness, a lack of enjoyment. It is accustomed to his incessant quips and misgivings. However, Serena it does not know save through him, and as such it elects to remain inert, that it too might understand his reasoning. And whether to act upon them, misguided as they may yet prove to be...[break][break]

"I'm... not sure how to explain it all. Not in so few words." The reasons were many, no one mattering more than the rest.
Adrian draws a shaky breath before turning his attention back towards Yveltal. It still unnerved him, staring up at it. He wondered if any amount of time or familiarity would ease the malaise its mere visage brought.[break][break]

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"I felt like... you deserved to know, I guess?" His status as an avatar was, to him, a well guarded secret. This might have been one of those 'too little, too late' moments between them, but Adrian had been hoping to explain how much of what he'd done had been impacted by the cumbersome burdens placed upon him.[break][break]

"When Howie died, I... I started looking for ways to bring her back."[break][break]

He would have her relate to his sheer desperation to undo fate.[break][break]

"...So that was your intention, as you muddled through the path I set you on..."[break][break]

This isn't about you. Let me finish, I owe her this much.[break][break]

"I read about a burned tower in Johto, and of the pokemon that had resurrected its three casualties. I had willed myself to believe that, that if one could achieve this miracle, then—" He realized how crazy it must've sounded.[break][break]

"...Then any of them could. And that is when I encountered... Yveltal." Adrian's face conveys exhaustion as if suddenly drained of his youthful vigor, aged beyond his years by the melancholy and upset that yet holds his heart. Howie never came back. But the things he'd done just to make it so, they still kept him up at night. Where some saw power and monsters to be wielded, Adrian only felt an emptiness. These greater beings never gave more than they received, the odds always in their favor, their conditions skewed towards self interest; if there was anything he wished to impart upon Serena, it was that becoming an avatar was inherently an act of martyrdom. No good could ever come of it that would justify their labors, save to the eyes of those whose lives spanned eons, and whose prejudices valued men and their lives so little.[break][break]

It was they who were wielded, and not the other way around, make no mistake.[break][break]

"It was the single greatest mistake I've ever made." He draws a shaky breath as his eyes close in a pensive reprieve from his monologue. Almost finished.[break][break]

"When I found out you were in Rocket, I was so angry at you. You'd fallen into the same kind of trap, subjected yourself to the same kind of treatment. And for what?" Taking a moment to slick his hair back, he iterates further:[break][break]

"I knew only that you had made the choice, not why. And I knew I had only done it out of necessity, as required by the greater purpose I've served. I'm still not sure I should trust you with this, but... I want to think better of you."[break][break]

"If I serve anything, it is the idea of a greater good. This is exactly that."[break][break]

Because he had experienced the immeasurable guilt of the first sin of man; it had been his only comfort that it was all leading towards a greater good, and even then it had been unconscionable. It weighed on him even now, and he knew he could not ever commit to such an act against nature without the vindication of a righteous cause inspiring him. "So please... don't ever make me choose between loyalties, Sere."[break][break]

"I love you. But I have no love for Rocket or its principles, only a need for their protection now that the League could never have me..." He was a murderer.[break][break]

As much as he'd been hoping to prove to Serena he wasn't entirely lost to her, the fact remained that she was now a Rocket Beast, an enforcer. If a time ever came where he had to choose between what was right, and what Rocket demanded...[break][break]

He would choose himself and Yveltal every time, though with a leaden heart.[break][break]

...So it was protection this one sought by siding with thieves and cutthroats... But what use have you for their mortal devices, when you were made to stand higher... What means have mortals contrived that could worry one with the gift...? How vexing...[break][break]

—But I know now he is begun to see the virtue of the path.

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The relationship between Adrian and Yveltal left much to be desired but if she knew her brother she could sympathize with him just a little bit. He didn't ask for this, there was no way he did. But even still he had power at his fingertips that Serena desperately craved. She'd do anything to have a fraction of what he had. She wouldn't stand by if he would squander this gift that was for sure. [break][break]

Nearby the rustling of leave in a pile distracted her momentarily before her attention was caught by her brother once more. "When Howie died, I... I started looking for ways to bring her back." Serena froze as her amber eyes sharpened and narrowed onto her brother. What did he mean? Was that even possible? [break][break]

"I read about a burned tower in Johto, and of the pokemon that had resurrected its three casualties. I had willed myself to believe that, that if one could achieve this miracle, then—" he paused for a moment before continuing, "...Then any of them could. And that is when I encountered... Yveltal." Her eyes drifted over to Yveltal before shaking her head. She wasn't following. [break][break]

"It was the single greatest mistake I've ever made." Serena's frown deepened, "When I found out you were in Rocket, I was so angry at you. You'd fallen into the same kind of trap, subjected yourself to the same kind of treatment. And for what?" Serena opened her mouth to respond but it was clear Adrian wasn't finished so she held back on saying anything just yet. [break][break]

"I knew only that you had made the choice, not why. And I knew I had only done it out of necessity, as required by the greater purpose I've served. I'm still not sure I should trust you with this, but... I want to think better of you." Serena didn't like how he worded that. She didn't have much of a choice in this either but that didn't give him the right to act holier-than-thou. Like he hadn't sinned too. Like she didn't deserve a chance. She inhaled and exhaled. She was letting her temper get the better of her, that wasn't what he was saying. "If I serve anything, it is the idea of a greater good. This is exactly that."[break][break]

"So please... don't ever make me choose between loyalties, Sere. I love you. But I have no love for Rocket or its principles, only a need for their protection now that the League could never have me..." Serena sighed heavily. "I never made you choose." she said as she turned back to look at him with a frown. "I would never make you choose. I just wanted you to hear me out. To not discard me like I wasn't of same flesh and blood as you." she said as she ran her fingers through her hair again. [break][break]

"The same way you didn't have a choice did you ever consider for just a second that the same thing might've happened to me? No. You didn't. You shut me out and ignored me when I needed you the most. When I couldn't trust anyone, when the future was uncertain where was my older brother to tell me there was a light at the end of the tunnel?" she said as her voice began to rise with her frustrations. [break][break]

"He only came around when he thought he lost his little sister." She said finally as she looked at him. "But I understand, I always understood. But that didn't make it hurt any less." she sighed as she rubbed at her eyes. "Eventually I just got too tired and I just wanted my brother back....That's all I ever wanted."[break][break]

"It's survival of the fittest out here and I won't allow myself to be swallowed up. But Beast or no Beast I wouldn't force things on you that would put you in an awkward position. I'd do everything in my power to prevent such things from happening. Why? Because I love you." She said with a sniff before her thoughts drifted back to what he said about Howie. "Did you find out if it's possible?" she asked after a moment of silence. "If you...could bring Howie back I mean."

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She hadn't but that didn't mean he wouldn't fear the possibility.[break][break]

"I didn't know who to trust—if there was anyone I could trust, either."[break][break]

Trust was a scarcity in times of uncertainty, even among family and friends. Especially among family and friends, where he stood to lose the most should he find where they draw the line. And there is always a line, always a tipping point to one's judgements.[break][break]

"There has to be a point where that ends, though. There's always a line, Sere..." How could he know when he crossed someone else's line? He hadn't been there when it was drawn, couldn't know the extent of one's tolerance without first breaching its threshold. And how could he safely assume his sister, stubborn and vindicated as she often was, could have been coerced into joining Team Rocket if it did not in fact fall in line with her own agenda? Always remaining self-serving was in their family's nature.[break][break]

"I was just looking out for myself, the way I've learned to while in Hoenn..."[break][break]

She was right, though. He only came to her when he felt she was threatened, and the guilt of everything caved in on the shell of apathy he'd maintained since her arrival. Why involve himself in her affairs, when he could remain as he was, alone in Hoenn? The merits and joys of family were often times lost on him, who had absconded to Hoenn to avoid his father. And what was his sister back then, but the intermittent annoyance accompanied by that scrupulous fellow she used to date? The very same one that, unsurprisingly, had brought her into Rocket's fold.[break][break]

Yveltal lingers with an air of indifference, seemingly unimpressed by the two, though Serena piques its interest with her final, perhaps even hopeful question.[break][break]

"...No." It was a crushing thing to admit.[break][break]

"...Though I am loathe to gainsay that your lost ones are beyond your reaching, I would not drag the wool over your eyes after I have Opened them to the Truth. There exists nothing outside the realm of possibility if one should but possess the aptitude necessary... But I would remind you of the nature of our work: In the end, everything dies. It fades, only to be replaced. The cycle never stops..."[break][break]

Yveltal turns its lumbering gaze Eastbound, staring wistfully into the distant horizon.[break][break]

"...No fewer have wished it such, than have labored to make it so..."[break][break]

Its eyes are drawn to Sootopolis, and the emerging presence waiting therein.[break][break]

"...For every transgression, for every defiance, later came their regret and remorse in equal parts... When we pass beyond, we are unburdened of our mortal coil—so it is that when returned, we are never the same..."[break][break]

Pensively its great cerulean orbs wink shut, before it turns back to its guests.[break][break]

"...One day you will discover... Beyond the veil, you are born anew... Though your loved ones will mourn your passing, you will revel in it... So it is with everyone, and everything... They suffer our indignance when we invoke their spirit in selfish need, returned to vessels they no longer remember, as aberrations..."[break][break]

Yveltal lowers its head as it reflects upon its purpose.[break][break]

"...It is my wish to never again see them suffer in such indignity..."[break][break]

Finally it turns its attention back to them, breaking away from sentiment.[break][break]

"...And that is why I may yet have need of you..."[break][break]

...How would the two respond to its dire plea?

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"There has to be a point where that ends, though. There's always a line, Sere..." Serena's eyes narrowed on her brother as she stared at him silently. He had changed. She wasn't sure when but he had changed. But was that his fault? No it wasn't but she couldn't help but morn for the brother she used to know. The one who was more trusting especially of family.[break][break]

Then again, could she really say that she couldn't see this coming? Or that she hadn't changed either? After everything that had happened to them both it was understandable that they both changed. "I was just looking out for myself, the way I've learned to while in Hoenn..." Serena sighed once more as she crossed her arms over her chest. She wanted to say, 'But I'm your sister' but she decided not to. She would just have to learn to live with the new Adrian just like he would have to learn to live with the new her. [break][break]

"...No." was his response to the one question that had been on her mind since he brought it up. She immediately felt crestfallen at the news but she should've known better. Yveltal was the next to speak which took her by surprise. "...Though I am loathe to gainsay that your lost ones are beyond your reaching, I would not drag the wool over your eyes after I have Opened them to the Truth. There exists nothing outside the realm of possibility if one should but possess the aptitude necessary... But I would remind you of the nature of our work: In the end, everything dies. It fades, only to be replaced. The cycle never stops..."[break][break]

Serena's eyes widened once more. Somehow it was different when hearing it from the god of death himself. If it was possible to bring them back then dammit she needed to know how. She didn't care how much it cost or what she had to do. Yveltal continued giving her some more food for thought. "...For every transgression, for every defiance, later came their regret and remorse in equal parts... When we pass beyond, we are unburdened of our mortal coil—so it is that when returned, we are never the same..."[break][break]

Even though that's true Cas was taken away from her too soon. Surely there had to be something they could do. He wasn't meant to be away from her side. Not right now. Serena's inner turmoil was clearly written across her face as she struggled with the morality of all this. She would never wish Cas to suffer but she wanted him back so badly.[break][break]

"...It is my wish up never again see them suffer in such indignity..." She understood but it didn't ease the pain in her heart. "...And that is why I may yet have need of you..." Serena's amber hues rose as she questioned Yveltal's intention. She thought he didn't want them to suffer. Wasn't this whole lecture about how bringing them back would cause more suffering?[break][break]

"What do you need us to do?" she asked after a moment.

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