She gives him a playful look. "And you yell at Niara, for being frightened about taking on this level of responsibility? When she sees what it's done to you? I can hardly blame her, to be honest." She snuggles closer to him, smiling. "I couldn't leave, even if I wanted to. Not unless every single member of my kind were dead, could I not come back. And there's so many of us, across the planes... you never have to worry. I'll outlive you, promise," she says, with a giggle.