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 since before she was born who Neo was destined to be, the mere sight of her very own daughter proudly wielding the weapon that had caused Maci so much harm brought back anger and anxiety and distress that she had thought she had long since dealt with. In truth, Maci had always been in denial of the fact that she'd ''never'' dealt with any of the aftermath from Thanatos' hold on her, breezing past the trauma she'd endured to "deal with later," a time that she never intended to reach.