I'm glad you liked it Pete and Don!
Bryan, have you ever seen Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn by chance?
One of my favorite moments was at the very end, when Ishtar is about to join Fef and leave Earth. Hibiki shows up and Ishtar immediately runs to him. There is a brief moment when Fef is looking down on them. Soemthing about that scene I think was neat. Not sure what. Maybe he was proud and didn't want to show his dishonor. Or maybe he disapprved of seeing the high preistess act like a puppy in love. But there was a moment you could feel his fallen majesty. Just one second that I still remember.
Or maybe I have romanicized it in my head after all these years.