The next morning, Fox was examining her bracelets in the recreation room.
"Find anything useful?" Krystal asked.
"Mostly menus." Fox sighed, "There are quite a few settings for the boots. I can adjust the intensity and duration of boosts. There's a setting to make the boosts help me run faster, though that wouldn't be needed with a more practical design."
As Fox scrolled through various options, the bracelets briefly gave Krystal a strange, yet familiar, feeling.
"Did Fara mention anything about where the tech in the suit came from?" Krystal asked.
"No." Fox answered, "Some of the tech could have come from that mission we did on Sauria."
"Should we ask Fara for a manual?" Krystal asked, "It looks complicated for a suit."
"We can ask when she gets back." Fox told Krystal, "She had a meeting she had to go to concerning our suits or something."
Scrolling through more menus, Fox found something about an "armor link". Reading the data the bracelets had on the feature, the suit was supposed to be able to link up to a mysterious powered armored suit. There wasn't much data on it, other than it being in the prototype state when the data was entered.
"That's enough of that for now." Fox told herself as she got off the chair and headed for the kitchen with Krystal not far behind her.
"Thank you for last night." Krystal told Fox, "I know it wasn't easy. Sorry for getting... predatory."
"Predatory?" Fox inquired.
"There was just something about seeing you there, aroused, but locked in a chastity belt." Krystal explained, "Sensing you go from mildly uncomfortable to desperate to get your chastity belt unlocked and removed. It helped me ignore my own growing frustration, which made it even more tempting to keep it up all night."
"I don't need a reminder." Fox told her.
"And the feeling of your growing need for me." Krystal continued, "You were desperate not long into our night together, but we continued until the early morning hours. I'm sorry for the many, many hours of discomfort."
"Apology accepted." Fox told her, trying to forget the more unpleasant aspects of the previous night.
"I think it's only fair I return the 'favor' to you." Krystal offered, "On our wedding night, when we were originally going to unlock our belts, keep mine on. An extra day. A week. It doesn't matter. I'm a warrior. I can take it. Promise me you'll delay my relief. You'll be free to relieve your frustration and to make mine worse."
"You don't have to..." Fox began, only to be interrupted by Krystal.
"It's only fair." Krystal insisted, "And I hate having this feeling of 'debt' on my mind."
"Okay. Okay." Fox relented, "I just hope it doesn't get too tempting."
"You better keep this promise." Krystal warned. The pair turned to see Falco staring at them.
"That sounded like something that should have been discussed in your bedroom." Falco told the pair, "Nobody else needs to hear about what you two do for 'fun'."
"Falco, go away." Fox told the bird.
"I'm just here for breakfast." Falco insisted, "This isn't the best place to be describing whose turn it is to be on top."
"Seriously, Falco." Fox groaned.
"Though I'd advise you to honor that promise." Falco warned as he took a breakfast bar out of the cabinet, "Krystal doesn't seem like the kind of person you'd want to get on the bad side of."
"Okay, we'll discuss this topic in our bedroom in the future." Fox told Falco.
"If she wants to be on the bottom, she needs to be on the bottom." Falco continued as he walked out of the kitchen.
"He's right about one thing." Krystal pointed out, "I'll be disappointed if I'm not begging for release."
"Why do we have to talk about these things where Falco can hear?" Fox asked with a sigh.
"Let's do something to take our minds off of the conversation." Krystal suggested, "Do you want to do some training?"
"I do." Fox replied, "But let's get that manual from Fara first. She should be back soon."
"I'll do some priestess meditation stuff." Krystal told her as the pair grabbed breakfast bars, "You're free to join in."
"I've got nothing better to do." Fox replied. The pair ate their breakfast bars and returned to their room. They sat on their bed and closed their eyes. Krystal focused on feeling her power while Fox forgot what she was supposed to do.
"Focus on your power, Fox." Krystal explained. Fox complied, trying to sense her power. Eventually, she sensed... something. Possibly her power. Eventually, she heard something that sounded like Krystal.
"Good." Krystal told Fox, "You've been neglecting your priestess training, but you're not too rusty yet."
Fox focused on sensing what she thought was probably her power, but the feeling slowly faded to nothing.
"It'll come back." Krystal assured Fox. Fox tried again, this time sensing something a little different. It felt like power, but it didn't feel like it was in her body. She was sensing verious feelings and emotions. She sensed a feeling of calm, pride, and weeks of unsatisfied arousal.
Feeling unnerved, Fox stopped.
"That's probably enough meditation for you for now." Krystal told her, "Do you want to discuss what you experienced?"
"It was weird." Fox explained, "I felt something that felt like it was in someone else's body."
"Mine." Krystal told Fox, "You sensed my body."
The pair left the room and walked to the recreation room. There, they found Falco communicating with someone on his communicator.
"Who are you talking to?" Fox asked.
"Panther." Falco explained, "He seems nice. It seems like he wants to meet me at some point."
"Perhaps the cat wants to see if the 'lesbian' is actually bi." Krystal teased.
"Enough with that 'lesbian' nonsense." Falco growled, "I don't know how it started."
"It started because you like girls." Fox suggested, "Does Katt know you're seeing another feline behind her back?"
"Nobody tell Katt." Falco pleaded, "This is just a friendly hang-out with a fellow mercenary, but Katt likes to take things the wrong way."
"Worried she'd be mad?" Krystal asked.
"I'm worried she'd be thrilled." Falco explained, "Katt might seem complicated, but her mind is really simple. If it's bad for me, she wants to do it. If it's insane, she wants to do it. The last thing we need is that crazed feline adding Panther to some sort of harem of hers."
A moment later, Fara walked into the room.
"What did I miss?" the fennec asked.
"Fox and Krystal talked about some bdsm stuff." Falco explained.
"And Falco's seeing Panther behind Katt's back." Krystal added.
"Do you have a manual for my suit?" Fox asked Fara, "For a suit, it's kinda complicated."
"The manual's not ready yet." Fara told her, "There was a problem with printing, mainly that people are lazy."
"Half its settings don't make sense." Fox complained, "And why does it need so much time to 'adjust' to my body?"
"It's complicated." Fara explained, "It involves biology and technology. Much of the tech seems to be literally 'magic'. Some of the technology isn't even Lylatian or Krazoan."
Fox groaned, unsatisfied with the answer.
"Let's have a pre-test flight exam." Fox told Krystal, "I just need to change the drones' settings."
Fox got on the computer and adjusted the ai for the test drones. Afterward, Fox and Krystal headed for their Arwing.
"Don't worry too much." Fox assured Krystal as they climbed into the Arwing, "We're just checking to see how close you are to being ready for the test."
"I feel ready." Krystal explained as she closed the canopy and flew the Arwing out of the Great Fox, "I've felt ready for weeks."
"Just fly through the rings, shoot the targets, and avoid taking too much damage." Fox instructed as the exam began. Almost immediately, the targets opened fire and the rings started moving wildly. Krystal dodged the first barrage of fire, took out a few targets, and flew through the first ring. She then took out a few more targets and flew through a few more rings before the remaining targets began chasing the Arwing.
"These things don't give up." Krystal said to herself as she struggled to get behind the targets chasing her. Eventually, she managed to get behind a small group and took them out. After flying through the last few rings, Krystal focused on the final target. Having observed how quickly the targets can slow down, Krystal flew the Arwing at max speed until the target matched her speed. She then activated the brakes and opened fire when the target zoomed past her, destroying it. With the last target gone, the exam was complete.
"You're ready for the flight portion." Fox told Krystal as she landed the Arwing inside the Great Fox. Krystal smiled. The sooner she passed the test, the sooner they can get ceremonial bonded for life as a couple. No matter what path her life took afterward, Fox will be there with her.