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Finally, Terramar decides to pick neither. He stays on the tree because he cannot stand his constant mental confusion that doesn´t seem to end anytime soon. The ending is what provides the message coming from his parents and more than a friendship lesson...this time around, the whole conflict wasn´t a friendship problem but the support from the parents towards the children, even if said family is theoretically broken. 


> Sky Beak: "Son! There you are! Your friends told us how you've been feeling."
< Ocean Flow: "And we're sorry if we ever made you think you had to choose between worlds. That wasn't our intention, honey."
> Sky Beak: "Your Hippogriff heritage is something to be proud of, certainly."
< Ocean Flow: "But you're more than just where you're from or who you live with. We love you because you're you, no matter where you choose to be."
> Sky Beak: "You don't have to decide. You can keep doing what you've been doing – going back and forth."
< Ocean Flow: "And enjoying both places."


I highly suggest to read/watch these lines repeatedly and come up with certain conclusions because this is the actual message from the episode and it holds a lot of power.

What the viewer can pull out of these lines from both Sky Beak and Ocean Flow is that both, despite being separated, actually display support towards their children no matter the personal circumstances between themselves. They are aware that Silverstream and Terramar could be struggling with this process, especially the latter, and they haven´t been conscious of the potential struggles in his psychology towards this event.

This episode might not be about Christmas at all but…the message displayed for this episode seems like it was fitting for a period in which family support is shown and proven towards them.


In this message, there is an open statement about having a complete freedom for his child to choose and no matter what he does, he will always have the moral support from his parents. Both Ocean Flow and Sky Beak get to meet each other in the future (as seen in Uprooted) in order to convey that they are still together and that nothing wrong has happened between them, just that they have chosen to live on their own. 

However, they convey that feel to their children in order to keep them mentally stable, having both parental figures very present as if nothing wrong happened and thus, showing signs of a strong stable family while said status doesn´t have any compromise between themselves. They both come up with an agreement of making that effort and seeing themselves every now and then so their children don´t develop a homesick sense towards any of the two parents.