Whitefish River and here we go, life's waiting to begin

It scares him the longer this interaction goes on, and his heart rips asunder a moment later; “I don’t belong here.” He’d always worried that Ira wouldn’t have found Kaistleoki to be home, maybe Easthollow has always called to her. But to hear that she thinks she doesn’t belong here further stabs him. He sinks, unable to argue further, and unable to say anything as Ira turns to walk away from them.
Her ending note is a fissure—a canyon. It feels like a goodbye.
He turns to Winterbourne, watery mismatched green eyes searching him. For what, he doesn’t know. I’m sorry, he says so softly, and finally lets loose. A sob echoes much too loud, and he is embarrassed but cannot stop the tears from falling.