He sees the depth of hurt in her eyes, but does she his. Does she know how leaving kills him inside but how this islands was not home. Not anymore. The memories that haunt this place only will him to leave its shores again and again. And now, will his first daughter trapped here and the love of his life unwilling to leave, defeat burdens him.
In the moment he smiles. It is a bitter sweet one, as he sees Kylin and their daughter content and happy. He would not ruin their happiness anymore. Nothing but a stain on their lives now. He nudges his muzzle into her neck firmly, where the scent of kelpie still lingered. Then with a heavied heart he steps from her side, towards their perfect creation. Head lowering to brush his muzzle along her lavender crest, as he had done to all his children before, and whispers into her smallish ears, "Beautiful Kyveli."
His head rises again and turns to view the cream and lavender mare. Again he smiles but says nothing, he has said it all before and nothing had changed. She has her island, her family now. He would just ruin it and so his limbs carry him into the open again, wings unfolding from his sides to thrust him into the Ischia sunset one last time...
@[Kylin] @[Kyveli] <3