"More than anything," he determined after a long moment. "No matter what happened, we always had each other. And Vex had Percy, and I had Keyleth, and we could always see one another when we needed, so I thought... After all the dragons were done with, the other loose ends, maybe it would be okay, if we went off and did different things from there, you know? If I let her have the life she's always wanted, not just what she thought she needed to do for my sake. But this is not that."