“The Son Who Never Knew” — Lucrecia’s Perspective

[Verse I — Observation From Afar] [(soft piano, fragile)] They told the world you were a legend A miracle born without pain I read your name in printed headlines And traced each letter like a prayer again You stood so tall in silver armor Perfect posture, perfect grace And no one saw the child I lost Still searching in your face [Pre-Chorus] [(strings tremble)] The subject was not permitted contact… That is how the records read But no report could measure What a mother feels in need [Chorus — Hidden Love] [(choir enters softly)] My son… though you never knew my voice Though my arms were taken away Every step you walked alone I followed from the gray You searched for truth in monsters Believing you were one If I had held you even once… Would you have learned to run? [Verse II — Guilt] [(violin carries melody)] I watched the flames of Nibelheim Through trembling hands and broken breath Wondering if my silence Had slowly guided you to death Science gave me language To justify my fear But equations cannot comfort A child who needed someone near I signed away tomorrow Because I thought I had no choice Now every memory answers me In your wounded voice [Pre-Chorus II] [(voice nearly breaking)] They called you weapon… specimen… A triumph without flaw But I remember only The infant I never saw [Chorus — Regret] [(music swells)] My son… you carried all my sins Believing they were yours Fighting ghosts I helped create Behind laboratory doors You learned love without instruction You became what I could not Proof that even broken beginnings Can become something they are not [Bridge — Seraphina] [(music softens, warm light enters)] Then I saw you hold your daughter Hands unsure but careful still And for the first time since that day The world grew quiet… and I could feel You did not become your father Though his shadow marked your start You chose gentleness in darkness — A miracle of heart [Bridge II — Confession] [(bare piano)] I rehearse the words I’d tell you Every night before I sleep “Sephiroth… I never stopped loving you.” But those promises I keep Only in silence. [Final Chorus — Solstice Light] [(full orchestra, sorrowful but hopeful)] My son… the longest night will end Even if you never know why Somewhere your mother still believes You were never meant to die If someday truth should find you And anger takes its place I will accept your hatred… Just to see your face [Outro] [(choir fades into a single voice)] You were never an experiment. You were always… my child.