He awakens quite a while later; when he consults with his sources, he discovers that three days have passed, since he passed out in Nadriina's arms. As he looks around him, though, he finds the room he's been placed in far from empty; his mother is napping lightly in a comfortable chair near the bed, while Nadriina and Vorela are curled up in the bed with him, along either side, and a third figure, the furry, multi-tailed kitsune, back in her Hinata disguise once more, is curled up and resting on top of him, her head lying against his chest.<br/><br/><em>I missed you,</em>she says telepathically, without so much as moving.