Ama nods. "I'm not certain I can tell you exactly how long it was. Coming back as a deity doesn't have a clear, defining moment, for me, at least. If you want to go with the first time I had a physical form and walked amongst them? It was... just shy of six thousand years, after my death. I'm not certain about Kyuubi, but I believe he came a little later. I likely existed for a thousand or so, before that. But, no, physically, mentally, emotionally, I am a<em>very</em>different person. You've seen her... look how different she looks, compared to me and the other kitsune. We've evolved, over time, but she's still exactly the same way she was, thousands of years ago. As far as she's concerned, I suspect, we're an entirely different species. Not to mention, she has no ties to Faerie, as we established, during this last thirty millenia, either, which has also changed us; there wasn't nearly as much difference between the sexes, as there is, now."