Ouroboros Spine every day it's getting higher

It was difficult for Valiant to separate his own feelings about returned sisters from the situation at hand. He held Vairë tightly, tucking her against his aching heart. He had not been in a position to counsel her when Ariadne had first left, though the thought had certainly occurred to him. He was not sure he ought to counsel her now, either. Perhaps only his support was necessary.

Still, he felt compelled to speak.

"There's still more for her to see," he said at length. "She's here now to see it."

He did not say it, but Valiant knew that, all too easily, she could have been lost to them for good.

"And to hear what all she ought't've listened to before she went and runnoft," he added, not wanting to gloss over all the hurt that Ariadne had caused.