No One Is a Savior

Sidney did not respond. Liam watched in disbelief as her highly respected father seemed to age overnight. Just when she thought he wouldn't answer, he spoke up, "I regret it."

When they first met, she had told him that the so-called protective shield was not meant to protect them but to bind everyone.

Indeed, whether it was the other Plant-Man, the Hall Family, or the disguisers in the depths of the forest, the adjudicators.

Even the adult who may or may not have awakened…

They were all bound by this protective shield!

And back then, he didn't listen to her…

If he had abandoned everything and gone to her, would he have missed her?

Would he not have ended up like this today?

Sidney opened his eyes and said to his second son, "Go and destroy the protective shield."

"Father!"

"Things have reached this point, and there's no way to return to the way things were in the central city. Liam, I know you can't bear to leave Lora, but you simply can't keep her."