Lei was just leaving the Kumari's tent, having helped Bae to change her clothes when Caspet and Armel entered. She bowed her head to them as she disappeared through the tent's entrance.

Bae was sitting in the makeshift bed at the centre of their tent with the Kitsune curled up on her lap. Her hair was flowing over her shoulders and she looked almost ethereal in the glow of the magical fox. The fox's many tails were wrapped around its body as it purred contentedly, arching its back in ...