Swiftcurrent Creek what was i made for?

More family. Warmth bloomed within her for the briefest of moments before it was tempered, slightly—both by Akavir's amendment and the way he said it.

Oh, Papa, she murmured. I'm sorry. I know that must be hard. And I know that Arielle and me going away was hard on you, too.

Lilitu brushed her shoulder against his, casting her muzzle against his cheek. 

Really, she promised, I'm here for a long while. There's nowhere else I'd rather be.

Which was, admittedly, a low bar, considering she hardly wanted to be anywhere at all—but perhaps he'd appreciate the sentiment all the same.