Sunbeam Lair a longer table, not a taller fence

Whilst the sentiment was appreciated, Kaori felt at a loss. A dragon or not, she knew she was not the one capable of offering or taking away permissions—she was not a vessel like her sister or her mother, she did not possess a direct link to the stars and those that inhabited them; as much as she wished to have been born with such a blessing, she was but another of the ordinary, a dragon through ancestral blood but not in soul. And yet—

“Why do you want to stay here?” she found herself asking, wishing to understand. “There are so many lands, so why have you found yourself attached to this one?” For her mother before her, it was due to Zennyo Ryūō, a dragon’s spirit bound to the cavern. His presence inspired her to stay and granted her the safety she needed to birth her children—and, in exchange, her firstborn was taken as a vessel, allowing the dragon’s spirit to walk the earth once more.