The issues Terrastella has regarding Asterion leaving and the hole it has left in their hearts as something that should be valued. If Marisol was to try and fix the issue, it would only mean that she sees their feelings and emotions as being invalid. To try and fix something implies that something was broken. Yes, their heart aches and yes there is a hole left there were Asterion once was, but their feelings were valid and each member of Terrastella deserved to know that it was alright to mourn his loss. It was just a part of the growing and changing that would inevitably come. It would not be easy or without pain, but it was just a bump in the road that they must each cross. If Marisol is to validate their feelings, then perhaps they might see her as human - something everyone deep down wants to know that their leaders are. People want to know that leaders make mistakes and that they hear the opinions of their subjects. Marisol would ultimately be fine and she would discover what her kingdom needs from her in time. But in order to figure all that out, she simply needed to be present.
Rhone has tried to impart on her some advice that he was given when he was much younger. At first he had disregarded it, but now he was starting to see that it had been sound advice, he had just been too young and too stubborn to take any stalk in it. He hoped Marisol would not make the same mistakes as he had. Perhaps her road in leadership would be far less bumpy than the road he had traveled on.
When Marisol offers her thanks, Rhone can hear it in her voice that he has given her much to think about. The advice he gives may not be what she wants to hear, but what she needs to hear. He has given her much to think about, much to self-reflect. But she would come to understand the words he has spoken of in time.
And when she begins to make her leave, he takes one step forward to show her that he has something else to say. "You will do fine, Marisol. I believe in you." He watches as she extends her wings, ready to leap from the cliffs. He offers her one final smile. "I am always here for you, you need only to ask." He will always be here for her, to help her and guide her on this new journey. It would be hard and it would be scary, but she would come out the other side a better person, even if she didn’t see it just yet.
@Marisol - just a closer <3
