Seven and Twelve
The infant sea serpent managed to retain its life by reminding Nikolai of his friend, and maybe it didn't do anything at all, but it was simply Nikolai awakening some sort of weird conscience.
"Laughable," Nikolai shook his head as he sat in front of the serpent. "There's no way that I have a conscience this strong," he said and pondered more. "However, it can be that I've seen the end of times."
The natural hate between monsters and humans seemed trivial when invaders slaughtered both. Furthermore, Nikolai didn't know which side to favor anymore. After all, he wasn't a human, but was he a monster?
Nikolai decided it was time to choose, and he stood up. But, unfortunately, he lost a lot of his Absolute Charge to get here, and there was not any time left to dwell on this matter.