"Okay," Mana replied, easily falling under the spell of motherly affection that Miki was weaving for her.  Within a couple of minutes, Mana was clearly drowsy and drifting off to sleep.  The collar clicked around her neck, magically resizing itself to fit perfectly around Mana's slender little neck.  The Terrestrial moved - briefly - in the initial moments after, but there was no sign that she realized what had happened to her for the time being.  Which meant it would be forthcoming when she woke up.<br/><br/>And wake she did, a few hours later, as the sun was starting to dip towards the Western horizon.  It would be evening in the next few hours.  Mana was now starting to stir again, slowly waking up from her rest.  "Unghhhh..."  Well, here it went.  Mana was sitting up.