Virtual Opponent Projection Chamber

The Ice Sovereign could sense the boy's surging emotions, making his answering of the question all the harder. "She's still alive," he said. "But to get to her with the soured relationship that your father has with someone very, very powerful, she might as well be no different from dead. It's highly likely that you'll never see her again in this lifetime, even with your unique Fate—"

"That's good," Cassius said with a relieved sigh.

"???"

"Did you not hear what I said, boy?" The Ice Sovereign asked. "Getting to see your Mother again will be more difficult than ascending Heaven itself. You know of the Dissonants, do you not? What they've been searching for? Why they're so keen on controlling you? It's all for the sake of getting to your Mother. Don't you understand?? With your Mother's kind and loving personality, she would've come to you as soon as she could, regardless of the danger. But do you know why she did not—"