In Gathering Blue, why does Kira decide to remain in the village rather than leave to live with her father?

This is definitely an interesting question, because with
the arrival of her father Kira has all the proof she needs that the Guardians whom she
serves have probably killed her mother and definitely desposed of her father to try and
control her talent and gain her, just as they have done the same for Jo and Thomas.
However, above all, Kira feels her magical ability to weave desiring to express itself
in the Singer's cloak, and even though she knows how the Guardians are manipulating and
controlling everyone, she feels she needs to remain true to her talent and calling. Note
what the text tells us in the final chapter:

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Kira could feel it in her fingertips: her ability
to twist and weave the colours into the scenes of amazing beauty that she had made all
alone, before they assigned her the task of the
robe.

It is Kira's ability,
then, that makes her want to live, and in an excellent move, the author returns to this
magical, breathing talent as the novel ends, leaving Kira in a very uncertain
position:

The
blue was gathered in her hand, and she could feel it quiver, as if it had been given
breath and was beginning to
live.

Her talent demands the
ability to express itself, and this is above all why Kira chooses to say and face both
her knowledge and her talent.