Some time passed as the sisters held each other closely. The pack stood back respectfully, the only other action being from Janius to put an arm around Kaleeth when he noticed that she was on the verge of tears. Janius didn't quite realise why this was, perhaps it was simply empathy, but he did not want to interrupt the moment that Sabine and Ariel were having.

A rare sight for everyone was seeing Meesei with tears running from her eyes. She was silent and stoic as normal during these times, but none of them could really name a time where they had seen her cry. Such was the connection Meesei held with Sabine, and that the pack in general held with Ariel. Even Fendros had to intentionally keep the growing soreness in his eyes from being turned to tears in that moment.

"Hey, passengers!" The Nordic captain shouted down from the stern of the ship in his Skyrim-inflected accent, "Finish your goodbyes, we are casting off as soon as the gangplank is raised!"

It almost pained Fendros to step forward and place a hand on Sabine's shoulder. "Come, Sabine," He said softly.

Ariel had to initiate their separation, letting Sabine go and sniffing loudly before looking at her face. "Goodbye, sister. I love you."

Sabine's face was so reddened and contorted that it looked as if it was about to collapse. Tears streamed down her face, but she managed to smile as she stepped back. "I love you too. Goodbye." She kept her face looking to Ariel's as she was led away slowly.

Everyone shifted into a steady speed and climbed up the gangway with the last of the crew. Ariel stayed on the dock with one hand clasped in the other. She was smiling widely, but every other feature on her face spoke of sadness. She was just as sad to see everyone go as last time, but this time she had a pride in her heart after seeing how Sabine had changed. The ship ponderously drifted from the dock after the mooring was loosed and the pack and Ariel waved each other off until they could no longer see each other.

The dock of Thorn slowly shrank as the pack looked back, revealing the city's entire breadth as it too grew smaller and eventually was obscured by the tree-covered coast that jutted out from the side of the port.