That really had been quite the scene back at the estate. Angelina had made it home first and had made sure to make it look like she had been there for a while.

Lolita was not in a happy mood, not that Angelina could really blame her at all, Angelina wasn't exactly in the happiest of moods either. They were both way to worn out and tired, the only one whom seemed to be okay was Bernadette whom for some reason was all smiles and would sigh with deep longing as she looked out of the window.

The next day Angelina took a trip to town wanting a day to relax with no masks and no running, there was a couple of surprises to come out of that.

The first and biggest one was Fernando and Ibram sitting at the tavern veranda playing a game. Angelina knew that game, it was a very difficult and very tactical game the Akapaki sometimes played and were a way for them to sharpen their mind.

How-ever one thing was these two playing a game together, the other thing was them spending time together willingly! What the heck.

"You're impatient." Ibram huffed.

"I am not!" Fernando replied sternly. "Your dusty old brain just can't keep up!"

"Bah, still a child." Ibram retorted.

Angelina squinted her eyes as she looked at them. "I can't figure out if they have become friends or not." she then fully admitted.

Bernadette shrugged, she didn't know either.

That's when a very tall certain Akapaki came walking towards them in steady big steps, wide-eyed Angelina looked up as Tonta came towards them then he stopped right in front of them looking down. "Fox." he spoke.

That made Angelina spew out. "Fo-Fo-Fox?!" she asked. "Wha-wha-what gave you that idea?" she asked. "I don't see any fox! Hehe."

Then Tonta pointed at Angelinas shoulder where a very angry brush from their fight the other day had formed, Angelina had hid it with a scarf but the scarf had dropped down.

"Oh!" Angelina exclaimed then pushed the scarf back up. "That's not… I mean." she swallowed then closed her eyes. "Please don't spread my secret." she then asked.

"You have nothing to fear from me, here." Tonta reached forward something wrapped into a piece of skin.

Angelina blinked as she accepted it, then slowly she unwrapped the skin and was suddenly presented with a necklace very similar to the one that Tonta wore, with wolf teeth's and a few glass beats, though instead of a horse totem in the middle it was a red fox.

"Proof of your status as spirit warrior." Tonta pointed at the necklace. "Wear it with pride."

Angelina smiled lightly by the sight of it. "Wow." she breathed. "You know, this is going to look great with the costume." Angelina smiled. "Thank you, say thank you to the rest of the red eagles from me to. Well not me specifically, say thank you from the Fox."

Tonta only gave Angelina a slight nod then he turned to Bernadette, he duck into his pocket and found a second item, this tough was just a flower and only the one. A simple yellow one and he held it towards Bernadette.

Bernadette beamed as she took the flower and then put it in her hair as she looked up smiling, ones again the edges of Tontas mouth moved upwards and he smiled as his eyes didn't move away from Bernadette.

Then Bernadette turned to Angelina and folded her hands in a begging position as she looked at Angelina with begging eyes.

"What?" Angelina asked. "Oh sure, go have fun you deserve it. Just be back at the estate before dinner alright?" she asked and Bernadette beamed as she grabbed Tontas arm and leaned up against him as she beamed.

Tonta smiled as well and the two walked away without saying a single word.

Angelina blinked as she looked after the odd pair, then at Fernando and Ibram still playing the game. Then Angelina looked at one of the waiters from the tavern and realized he was an Akapaki and he was talking with his Blakeney co-worker.

Then another Akapaki came with a big bore slung over his shoulders as he was heading towards the slaughter, pretty obviously he intended to sell it.

A Blakeney woman was walking by and was clearly wearing Akapaki jewelry she had to have bought from one of the tribes. And there were more! So many more, they were already mingling in this very city! Talking to each other, making buisness with each other, even haging out and laughing with each other. If you just bothered to look for it it was everywhere.

Angelina breathed deeply. "It can be done… It's possible." she gasped. Then looked up at the sky for a moment taking it all in, all these people around her, so many of them, working together already they just didn't know it yet.