The two girls had both blossomed into stunning young women, unquestionably taking after their mother. Despite their young age, compared to humans, they look as old as a human well into the age of majority, and certainly know how to flaunt it, as their adjustments to their outfits, once they're outside, indicate.<br/><br/>Despite having her fingerprints all over the plane-shattering events those months ago, there's been no sign of Verdelet or her two cronies, either before or after... though their more mortal minions seem to have suffered an increased number of extremely unfortunate 'accidents', since. Some of them, Draiss can't even trace to him, his Shadow Stalkers, or even other deities; they seem to be deaths of pure, incredibly bizarre, chance.<br/><br/>In the meanwhile, Ama and Kyuubi have actually been spending some time together, talking and getting to know one another, including both formal and informal meetings, and encouraging other high-tailed kitsune to accompany them, slowly, very slowly and carefully, bridging the massive gap between them. The fact that Kyuubi sacrificed himself to try to save Ama, and to save their mother, certainly is helping their cause, and bringing the two sides together, as the story spreads.