Silver saves Sebek a second time in Lilia’s dream, telling him to think about Malleus, crafting dreamworlds in complete solitude: “A retainer isn’t there to simply be a yes-man to their liege. Sometimes it’s important to speak out against them.”
Sebek concedes that Silver is correct, admitting that he has been second guessing his choice to stand against Malleus and haunted by the look in Malleus’ eyes, but his dream to become Malleus’ finest retainer cannot come true within another dream.
Afterwards, Silver admits that what Sebek said made him waver, and he too started to believe that staying in their current dream might make Malleus and Lilia happy.
Silver is taken down by emotional turmoil of his own later on, with Sebek joining him in the darkness to save him. At one point Sebek threatens to tell an embarrassing story about Silver if he does not make his location known, but he later claims he has forgotten what he was talking about.
Upon discovering Silver, Sebek is forced into using his unique magic to save him, though he has not yet mastered it.
Silver is distraught over the thought of Malleus and Lilia hating him as the son of the man who murdered Malleus’ mother on behalf of the people who drove the fae from their own lands and Sebek declares, “I’ve always known you were a fool, but I never realized it was to this extent.”
He demands that Silver draws his weapon despite Silver’s refusals, as no amount of verbal reasoning is going to get through to him.
Sebek loses their duel, with Silver asking if Sebek allowed him to land the final blow on purpose. Sebek says that he sincerely fought with all he had, and Silver is simply that much stronger.
Sebek scolds Silver for insulting both him and Lilia with the idea that he is hated, after Lilia invested so much time and effort into raising him into someone strong enough to stand against Malleus himself.
Sebek says, “Don’t you ever make a mockery of my—of OUR teacher again, Silver!” and collapses to the ground, sobbing.
(A significant moment in their relationship, as we see in a flashback that 7-year-old Sebek declared on his very first day of training that he would never consider Silver a fellow pupil.)
Silver promises to never lose his way again, and Sebek responds, “I’ll hold you to that!”
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