After the day of unity, after everyone woke up feeling drained and the moon turned into a child, they started moving slowly.
The CAtTs grew and transformed, they became less about stopping an Emperor and more about building a world without the Imperial system.
Darius listened carefully for any mention of Hunter's whereabouts, told Eber he valued her an started working with his arch-nemesis and ex-partner, to design a mobile type house to keep away from the collector.
Camila took in 5 children and try to re-built the bridge burning because of summer breeze with Luz. She started to take pride in the weirdness in her life like the one she had had when her husband was alive. Camila threw away the straightener and let her hair be free. And she read and read about the many different hues sexuality and gender could take.
Eda looked for King and Luz and Raine looked after her. Their students will come to their room and Raine would let them cry away their fears on their shoulder, their BAtTs would say I'm worried and they would say me too.
Eda learned how to handle people being worried about her. Her sister, bringing all kinds of knew glyphs combinations, King not letting her leave his sight -she didn't want to loose him either-, Darius designing her a prosthesis and Luz, because she could feel her worry wherever she was, murmuring her name on nights.
"You and Darius are together?" Eda asked, at night.
One of those when their kids asked for some time alone and both have been brave enough to ask if the other would like to spend it with them.
"I think so? We talked, like talked-talked, we kiss, we went on a date, we had sex, I told him about you…" answered Raine.
"Do you tell all your lovers about me?" asked Eda smugly and Raine shove her.
"I don't know though, Darius is always a little bit single even if he is with 3 people."
"Thank god for that when he was with Odalia and Alador."
"But he is one of the people I feel comfortable around not to perform."
"Am I one of the people?" Eda asked not looking at them.
"Of course you are, always."
"Always is such a long time." Eda murmured.
"I know."
When Camila and her children stepped outside of the portal, the first thing she did was killed the monster that had taunted her daughter throughout all the summer plus a couple of months. Of course, it was a team effort but she made sure to give out the last strike, she didn't want the kids to have the green go on their hands. As she saw the monster deteriorate she hoped it would help Luz recover.
"You know, I don't get you." Said Darius at morning.
One of those when no one was around and they felt comfortable enough with each other to break off from their usual dynamic to something more real.
"Not all cats are that horrible." Raine said.
"I don't meant that, though you're terrible at naming revolutionary groups." Darius took a sip of his lavender tea. "I meant you like being there for people, to be in the know or whatever. But if someone asks you to open up, you close off even faster than the Owl Lady."
"Did talking help you when your mentor…"
"Disappear? It help that I wasn't alone when I went to punch the Emperor on the face, made the couple of nights in the conservatorium a lot easier, and somehow got Eber a job promotion."
Raine nodded.
"The first time I met Terra I was a kid," Raine conjured a banjolin and let someone in. Not through words, music was better.