“There is hardly a need to repay any favours, you’ve all already done so much.” Her smile becoming wistful, Sylvarie looked to the celebration around them. To think they’d actually made it to this conclusion, it was so different from how things began—and though the other three may not be in the loop, she’d certainly not forget the vigour with which the outworlders had thrown themselves into fixing what had happened.

“Yourselves, and others before you, have always done such good things for Vaikuntha even when we didn’t have enough to offer in return. Our relations might have started less than ideal, yet here you are saving our home.”

Looking to the other Vaikunthans, she nodded gently as she idly traced a thumb over the petals of her blue crystal. “These people, our new... heroes... you can trust them.”