Silver Eyes stood with Kaito one last time at the ocean cliff where he once monitored tidal correction.
"You changed everything," she said quietly.
"No," he replied. "We did."
She smiled.
"You could still reach for it, if you wanted."
He considered the distant stars.
The silence.
The stability.
Then he shook his head.
"It doesn't need me."
Silver Eyes' form softened into ambient light.
"I will always be here," she said.
Not as guardian.
As world.
The wind carried her glow into the horizon.