Kitsune cannot be kept in a captive state against their will. It will drive them beyond the edge of insanity. Had she remained ‘whole’ before the theft of Jadyn’s energy, she likely would have walked out an airlock to find some very short-lived freedom.

Instead, a partition formed in her psyche, partially separating her rational thought processes from her baser kitsune instincts to help keep her from doing something dangerous. As the divide deepened the kitsune side suddenly found a path back to a food source it had already claimed (via the feeding link to Jay) and enjoyed a fabulous meal. This essence began integrating with the kitsune partition and granted it a semblance of self-awareness. Since the partition is not (and cannot be) a complete cut between the two halves of the whole, some of what was absorbed has crossed the line between the two.