During this time, intervention upon intervention was had. At first with patience as Maci disintegrated, Tory held fast by her side, insisting again and again to her petulantly deaf ears that there was no way out but through. Burying the trauma of her past with Thanatos had never ''really'' worked and had now been forced to the surface, too great and overwhelming to return from whence it came. Maci ''had'' to deal with this, if not even just for herself but also to spare her daughter from being affected. Face the scythe, face Thanatos’ rehabilitated child, face Neo the predecessor. But Maci on a good day was stubborn – Maci in pieces was incapable of seeing reason.

In 2017, Tory (urged by Loki and [[Bel]]’s insistence) nearly begged her to go to therapy. Maci’s behavior was not only concerning to all those who knew and cared about her, but was now actively impeding progress being made through Chal’s rehabilitation and Neo’s own burgeoning death goddess training. Drawing from the half of her that had receded into anger, Maci reacted to this plea explosively - again. Tory was pregnant at this time with Epi's twins [[Skio]] and [[Kora]], and had no energy to argue with her ''again'' about doing the right thing to help herself and everyone else, nor the patience to enable her avoidance of dealing with this - ''again.'' When Maci's tantrum, which had culminated in a full screaming argument between two short-tempered deities, was complete, she stormed away to petulantly hide in the main palace. Tory, at his furious wits end after almost two years of this, let her go after Loki and Epi confirmed she was sulky but fine.