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Homesick: Now Budding in the Echoes Kitty meets Sian and berates him for using Belle as a pawn, but Sian leaves. When Bennett checks on Belle, she flashes back to Adonis almost raping her and attacks him, but he reluctantly swaps back into Benedictine when his female self wishes to help and snaps her out of it. Belle cries and believes it is her fault that Adonis went crazy, but Benedictine helps her see this is not true. Benedictine heals Belle's wounds by connecting their souls, but it comes at the cost of her soul; returning control Bennett (leaving him as the only soul inhabiting the body) and he goes blind from the strain. Bennett does not mind, happy that Benedictine found peace, and can still navigate with his enhanced hearing. Belle, Bennett, and Guinness attend the funeral of Ginbuck, an elder of the Underdogs. Belle tells an Underdog named Mist, who supported Belle and Adonis getting together, that he had gone crazy and is missing. The priest, Kernel Collins, thanks the three for helping save them from Tiziano. As funeral rites are performed, Guinness promises Ginbuck he will improve his people's future.