Maci's interactions with Chal during this very time period are detailed moreso within Chal's section here on Maci's page, but suffice to say she was handling herself poorly, while meanwhile Neo began to formally train under the god [[Enyalios]] to learn how to wield her new Goddess-given weapon. Maci shut down completely. Though she'd known the Fated role Neo was destined to fulfill since before she was born, now the mere sight of her own daughter proudly wielding a duplicate of the very weapon that had caused Maci so much harm brought back anger, distress, and anxiety that Maci had thought she'd already dealt with. In truth, Maci had always been in denial of the fact that she had ''never'' actually dealt with ''any'' of the aftermath from Thanatos' hold on her, breezing past the trauma she'd endured to "deal with later," with that "later" being a time she never intended to reach. Reeling from this tidal wave, grappling already with the concurrent situation with Chal's presence, Maci's relationship with Neo suddenly became strained, during the time Neo was 10 years old until she was about 14.