The forest is responding to them, to the call of the heat and the flame. They're fixing this, he can feel it starting to breathe again when it had been choking. He can feel it all and hear it through Galo.

And he smiles. This is the world he was meant to inhabit, that his kind were meant to be a part of, of helping to hold the world in balance.

There are tears threatening the corners of Lio's eyes as it all hits him, stark and beautiful, even if it makes his chest ache with a fullness that he doesn't know how to handle.