Do good. Had Mother brought him here? Did she see he was about to purify one world and brought him here to cleanse this place of sin as well? The thought made him smile. Mother was proud of him.

"I'm not afraid - I was alive once. I just didn't understand." But without Vatiel's guidance, he couldn't complete the 21 Sacraments. And there were the holy relics he had needed for his own Ascension which he couldn't be certain of acquiring here. There had to be another way. He would please Mother and usher her into this world too.

"You said living was scary. Had you not been alive for a long time?"