After dancing with his children on the hill at sunrise, Dominic reflects on how completely he has built his life around them. Rowan’s presence and the warmth of the shared celebration make Dominic see that he has been making his children carry the burden of his survival and emotional needs. Dominic resolves that they must leave Shearwater and that he must let them grow into their own lives, even if that means loosening his hold on them.

Dominic also recognizes Rowan’s role in this shift. Watching Rowan laugh with his children, Dominic sees her beauty and understands that she has given the family a gift by helping them reconnect. Later, when everyone gathers by the fire, Rowan leaves for bed and gently tells Dominic to stay and enjoy the moment with his children, confirming for Dominic that her efforts have always been aimed at healing the family.

Once Rowan is gone and only Dominic and the children remain, Fen comes to sit beside Dominic. Instead of feeling anger over Fen’s past betrayal, Dominic now feels compassion, realizing how desperate Fen must have been to act as she did. He touches Fen’s hair and answers the unspoken question in her eyes by saying it is now impossible to tell anything from the seals, signaling that he is letting the old grievance go.

Fen then reveals that she saved Claire’s three wedding rings. Seeing them brings Dominic a surge of grief, love, and memory, and for a moment he wants to reclaim them. But after looking at his children, Dominic decides otherwise and tells Fen that the rings belong to the children, one for each of them, because that is what Claire would have wanted. The moment shows Dominic choosing his children’s future and his family’s healing over possession of the past.