They grew old enough that they're able to defend themselves... even without their mother and father to protect them in such a dangerous world. I'm trying to think about that. That they have time for their lives to get better.

[And it means Finn survived too. She and Quan had left the young knight back in Leonster to defend their son. To see Leif girt in sword and armor, hale in body if not in spirit, means that Finn was able to keep him safe and teach him well.

As for Altena... the longer she thinks of her daughter's appearance, the more she believes that she was raised by their enemies. It's hard for Ethlyn to even conceive of. She had hoped Travant was intelligent enough to use Leonster's heir as a hostage--but to think that he stole her for his own is beyond what even he seemed capable of. Still, so long as she is alive there is the hope she may yet return to her people.]

...I won't press you on what you saw yourself. But I can speak from experience that bottling it all up can just make things worse.

[That may be presumptuous, given that Astralin is much older and more experienced than she is, but she can't help but give him a piece of gentle advice nonetheless.]