Draiss was, to put it mildly, impressed with his wife. That she had managed to duplicate his Sunfall ability was amazing enough, but that she had improved it so that it didn't cause backlash was even better, though that it took much more light to do it with probably had something to do with the lack of significant backlash. However, the energy spike from the Sunfall, along with the steadily growing portal, was enough for V'elen to do its/his thing. Which was siphoning the energy off to rebuild and improve Draiss' body.<br/><br/>The corpse in the middle of the ritual had been consumed in the Sunfall, but that was fine, as his blood still bound him to the ritual. He sighed and rolled his eyes, immediately realizing that was going to bite him hard in the ass in a few minutes, but he would worry about that when he got to that point. As it was, he was watching his body reform on the other side of the portal, which had stopped at about two feet across, and just as Verdelet grabbed his wives, his body decided it was complete enough to require the rest of him, his essence snapped over to the new body.<br/><br/>It was excruciatingly painful, but he could fight through it, his pain tolerance now much higher. He remembered V'elen's warning about moving before he was fully built, but this was far more important, and he didn't have to move much anyway. A gesture with his left hand was all he needed, but something in his left wrist popped, and he knew immediately that the wrist wasn't going to form correctly now. It did, however, do what it needed, Ama and Inari vanishing from Verdelet's grasp, and reappearing on each side of him, their armor flowing like water off of them and onto him, the unexpected power boost and metals hastening and even adding a few new tweaks V'elen hadn't anticipated having enough power for, but with the raw materials already formed and there, they were easily added. "Didn't I tell you Verdelet? No matter what you do, no matter where you go, turn around, and there I am. Now, if you will excuse me a moment, I need to finish rebuilding my body. Won't take but a minute. And don't mind the slightly shrinking portal, using it for a power boost."<br/><br/>With the mythantine supplements to his bones, they were strong enough for him to stand up, and while his muscles screamed in protest, he needed to stand up. He sighed, and then set up an honest to the overdeities beyonder force bubble, that the Beyonders used to defend themselves, around himself and the kitsunes. The power was far below what even a newly hatched beyonder could make, but it was well above whatever power Verdelet had left. He smiled at Verdelet, a viscous smile that got nowhere near his eyes, and he ignored his nudity to give both of his women a soft, tender hug. "Sorry about that, scream at me and V'elen later. Sorry, Ver, but you didn't kill me, V'elen did, wanted to make improvements, and you were SO helpful in proving the power required. Don't think that portal is going to support anything coming through now."