Ocean's Breath Plateau 'Cause everything I feel is a waste of time

Her heart surged with its own joy and grief; you and I together. Nothing could truly soothe the wound left by Tullik's absence — but in Chakliux she had always found the strength to go on, the steadiness to carve the path forward. That had not changed. It would not change.

Some of her will always live in our hearts, She murmured, mouth soft against his throat. In our children. Maybe one day our grandchildren will live in our lodge at the plateau, and tell our stories to their children.

A pretty picture of the future, of a family that would only continue to grow. But here and now it was only the two of them and their children and their plans; and this, too, was a comforting thought in its way.

I won't doubt you again, Marina promised. You and I, together. Always.