Kayo sat in awe at the small kitsune interacting with the fisherman. Feeling braver, she stepped out into the open, glowing to make herself known.

spotting the other she growled catching the man of guard they soon went inside and kuri spoke "you followed me!?"

"I'm sorry, I just found it odd that a young kitsune was alone in the woods without some family nearby... I didn't mean to be creepy or anything."

She lowered her ears behind her head and tucked her tail, a sign of apology in Kayo's family.

she reconised that posture and memories kept flowing back. "do you know kali?" (her mother)

"No, I've never heard of a Kali. Is she a kitsune as well?" she asked, pleased to see that her apologetic body language worked and the kitsune had calmed down.

"hmm" she tilted her head "'who is your mom, not to be weird or anything"

Kayo's mother..... who was she? She didn't remember who brought her into the world.

"I don't know my mother. I know my caretaker, and she's long dead."

"who are they?" she was desparet to know why she reconized that stance

"Well, my caretaker's name was Katzumi, and she was a grey kitsune with glowing white swirl marks on her legs and face." she said, recounting the old memory of the long-dead kitsune who she had thought was her mother until recently. "There was another one, too. A male, I think. Pure black. His name was something like Yutaka or Yahusiro, I don't remember very well."

(is it ok if the black one is her dad?)

"hmm"