A new lackey could be in order, since villains like this tend to have a few of them to go through before the big bad. We just need to discuss how he will differ from this first one, but that's a discussion for another time, and we have more progress to make before then.

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We could perform the shopping activity later, I think, after Botan's depression is dealt with as a way of helping assure Shiori that Botan's mood swing is now over. It helps her get a good change of scenery, and Kurama could also get her something after the ordeal. He won't want her to think he's treating her like a child, but what she went through was frightening and he wants to treat her. Maybe after shopping he takes her out for lunch, too. I think the reward of it should be left after her ordeal, while in the meantime Kurama is trying to understand Botan more and more as the week goes on. I hope I'm making sense?