She nods, and dispels the shadow world around them, allowing him to return to himself; not more than a second has passed, since their conversation began. The crowd of kitsune around him still eye him warily, ready to attack on their goddess' signal, and are a bit surprised when he teleports away so quickly.<br/><br/>One thing he'll notice about the males is, unlike the females, who remain human-sized, regardless of tails, the males grow in size exponentially; the smallest are Huge, with their leader, the Nine-Tails, towering over them, larger than even a Great Wyrm dragon. Almost as soon as his attacks begin, one of the Nine's massive tails flashes towards him at incredible speed, hundreds of feet long, smashing through cover, and anything that gets in its way, in an attempt to flatten him with crushing strength.