[His eyes close tightly as he gently rubs her back, letting her hold and sob onto him for as long as she wants...while also trying to give her the reassurance she needed.]

If they wanted to stop us... They could have. And I believe they also wanted him to live.

[He, too, had felt that familiarity...and furthermore—]

The kirins seem to be more intelligent than normal beasts... Like the other fae animal we've found. [The corgis, the flower dogs, the ones at the café...] Perhaps that, too, will help.

[An ability to come to some kind of understanding, and perhaps acceptance as well.]

I don't think there was a wrong choice... They might have been prepared for him to die. But I think they were happier with him saved instead.