Selphira turned her head and looked at him. Only one moment before focusing in the front again.
"Your father sacrificed himself because it was the only option available, and because he was the only person who could do it." She looked back at the shield. "Your situation is neither of those."
"But the outcome would still be better than the alternatives, we need you that can still use beasts and skills more."
"Outcome isn't the only thing that matters in a decision, Victor. If it were, I'd have been taking shortcuts for three hundred years that I have never taken after the last one."
Another centimeter... 24.98 meters left.
"And I have no intention of carrying you home as a statue."
"You wouldn't have to spend so much mana. If you use me here, you…"
