"Like I said, for any of us, it just takes time." Kaya, already comfortable with the surrounding, was playing with Ellistree's hair herself, leaning on the older girl and lightly kissing the top of Ronnae's head. "Going into battle isn't something anyone can do. You're right about that: the last battle we had, the enemy was really concentrated on attacking me, and then I had to worry about the injured people afterwards."

It was a pretty dark scene afterwards, and something that actually made her lean back on the taller girl and sigh. "Billy's made lots of progress and so has Ronnae. I'm really proud of them, actually. I hope to see them get even stronger too, and of course I'll have their backs in battle."

She flushed at Ronnae's compliments. "I'm lucky to have all of them, really."