Response to comment on Spin-lattice coupling and the emergence of the trimerized phase in the $S=1$ kagome antiferromagnet Na$_2$Ti$_3$Cl$_8$, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 167203 (2020)

In the context of the $S=1$ kagome antiferromagnet Na$_2$Ti$_3$Cl$_8$, we respond to the comment by Khomskii et al. [D.I. Khomskii, T. Mizokawa and S.V. Streltsov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 049701 (2021)] on previous work by Paul et al. [A. Paul, C.-M. Chung, T. Birol, and H. J. Changlani, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 167203 (2020)].