Ichigo thought the ranger would be disappointed to find that he’d expended all of his mana pool, and couldn’t offer her any immediate healing - but instead of complaining, she pulled him into a hug. He stiffened up at this, his tail lashing out, but instead of pushing the grime coated ranger away he decided he’d better get used to it if he was going to go with her to Veritasia City. After chopping off Ratfink’s heads Elise and Ichigo gathered up the dead spy’s backpack, and whatever loot they could collect from the sludgy cinders of the creature’s former home, before teleporting back to The Cattonary’s central temple. Their sudden appearance at the temple caused quite a stir, and they were followed by no less than half a dozen clerics and priests, who cleaned the putrid trail the ranger,