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[He'll take it and it doesn't take long for him to smirk a bit.]

My, he really does have the same hairstyle, doesn't he...

[That's honestly really goddamn amusing.]

He certainly is impressive.

That's certainly one word for it. He was about half a foot taller than me.

[And Wesker is not a short man.]

I figured he'd be tall, but not that tall...

[He has no idea what to make of this, oh my god. Here, you can have the picture back.]

[Just hand him his photographs and we can all try to ignore how freakishly huge Sergei Vladimir was.]

He was a former colonel in the Red Army, back before the Soviet Union collapsed. Apparently one of the Umbrella CEOs took him in after that happened, as he felt he had nowhere else to go; he was given a purpose that way, something to do with his life. He reminds me a bit of Krauser in that way - I did the same for him after he left the US military.

Sergei didn't know about that, however; he told me about his own experiences shortly before he died, though I didn't understand why he was telling me anything about it at the time.

I see... He really does sound like an interesting person. He was the one who was trying to bring Umbrella back, ja?

He was. I imagine it was because he felt he didn't have much else left.

Sergei was a very strange person in general, honestly. He called some of the more intelligent mutations his "brothers," for some reason; he also liked to insist that machines had feelings that were beyond human understanding. He would tell me that he was glad we were such good friends and had such a healthy, functional relationship immediately before trying to kill me; he commented on how peaceful Russia is before mentioning that he was looking forward to burying me there. It was..."interesting" is a good word for it, if a bit mild.

...He sounds like he was... an experience...

[ohhhhh my god why did any of that happen???]

I know we had a fairly long history that I actually didn't find terrible. I only remember fighting him once, that time I told you about with the mutation, and that was when I killed him; I had several opportunities to kill him before then, but I didn't. I'm fairly sure I found him fun in some strange way... I liked that he was interested in me, I think, even if he was frustrating about it.

It certainly sounds like you two had a strange relationship...

[...still better than birkin, tbh.]

Professionally speaking, I don't know what his relation to me was, as far as Umbrella was concerned. I believe he may have been one of my superiors, but it's possible we weren't even following the same chain of command.

Interpersonally, however, it was...certainly strange. Most relationships within Umbrella were, I believe.

It sounds that way...

[...]

What do you think about him now?

[It doesn't seem like you have lingering feelings like with Birkin, but he's curious anyway.]

[He's quiet for a moment at that; he's...honestly not sure, and it takes him a while to sort through his thoughts.]

I saw him once. Back in October, in the fog. Someone else was with me, and my priority was getting them away from him; had it just been me, without any civilians there, I think I would have stayed. Either to try to talk to him, or to fight him if he didn't feel like talking; I have no doubt he would have killed me if it came down to a fight.

He was mutated at first, when I saw him; I didn't recognize him. He transformed back, however, and once I realized who it was I wasn't interested in running anymore.

...I'll be honest, I'm not sure I really understand. I can think of a few people I'd like to fight from my past life, but if I genuinely thought I'd be in any danger, I wouldn't have any interest in pursuing it.

But things were complicated in your past life, and I imagine many of those feelings are still present, ja?

...They are, yes, as little as I like them.

[Honestly, sometimes he's glad Yeager didn't give much of a shit about anything...]

I'm sorry, Albert. It sounds very difficult... Of course, if there's ever anything I can do to help...

[He just sort of trails off there. He's not really sure there's anything that could be done, anyway.]

You've been helping me a great deal tonight, actually. I appreciate it.

I'm really happy to hear that.

[It gets him to relax, and after a moment he reaches out for Wesker's hand.]

Of course, I'm always happy to help! It really is important to me that I can!

[He'll accept it easily enough.]

You've been helping me sort through my feelings on things. It's not something I really would have done on my own.

It can be really tricky and it's certainly not any fun, but I do think it's a good thing to get through. I'm happy to help!

[He squeezes Wesker's hand a bit at that.]

I think it's good to understand who I used to be, in some ways. I don't know how much I want to sympathize, because to be honest that idea scares me...but I think understanding might be a good thing.

I agree, I think it's good too. I can understand that fear too, though. It... really is frightening, isn't it?

...I'll always be right here to help you sort your thoughts out like this. I'm really pleased I've been able to help you today.

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