{ ooc. Head empty, thinking about how Serena is the narrative foil to Lysandre and their mentor-mentee dynamic makes his lines about testing the depths of the player's convictions hit so much harder

And you know, that he's the only villain in the series who tries to recruit the player. And he tries that shit twice-- once before the reveal, and then he has the audacity to try again when shit is hitting the fan

And idk it just. It makes me think about Lysandre also seeing the sort of hope and strength to protect that the xy protag embodies but thinking it's only going to be useful and not trampled into oblivion if it's on his side. }