He turns to her, managing -- somehow -- to cup her face between his hands.

"Not leavin'. Ring or no ring, not leavin'."

Hell, he hadn't left Coira. She'd left him.

Ruin didn't leave what he loved, which would explain why he knows how his son's life turned out, knows all his descendants, and why Reue has stayed by his side despite his statements that he didn't love or want her.