The Idea

If put in simple terms the Soul Pact – no, Soul Pacts – affecting the Elemental Empress were a big mess.

According to the Elemental Empress, she was under the influence of a dozen Soul Pacts. One for each year she spent in the Origin Expanse – in the small black room, pinned to the wall.

She didn't recall the exact content of the first Soul Pact. It was completed even before her Soul had fully formed. She was  under the Kitsun Lord's influence the moment she was born.

All the Elemental Empress could tell was that every new Soul Pact changed something inside her, and that she wasn't allowed to move without being ordered by the Kitsun Lord.

All in all, Michael figured out quite a bit about the Kitsun Lord's personality and attitude. He was cunning and merciless. A sly bastard to put it simple.