Props to for explaining Hime so well same as me. I see the cracks in her shield when she is alone with the champ. If you bring Kiyoko, she is much more formal, which is understandable.
Same reason I picked Hime is because I think she would make a better ambassador to the rest of the marches for the Kitsune than Inari would this is speculation of course I don't know if Inari would continue on the champs work on building a bridge between the races of the marches
Also playing through the concubinage for Rindo's content made me realize also the argument of marrying Kinu off to a lesser house and the dangers it could prevent this is spelled out in non Keros champ route.
The problem with THIS is that it necessitates that gods have the ability to just create souls because they feel like it, which seems a bit iffy. Also, there's no point in Kiyoko's old body, because what she has in the Astral Plane isn't actually a body.
From what I understand is that they cannot in fact create souls you need a soul to create another one
Mallach for example can only create homunculi such as River they act very human like but in the end they are not real heck the greatest human that ever lived Belhar himself was a homunculus it's also why Lumia a goddess of fertility cannot even have children which Savin himself said that she is quite aware of the irony.
Souls themselves seem more like a mixed bag in the Cocverse. It acts like a limiter on one's magical power and overall physical form, but also serves as the SuperEgo of a person.
Also, fist bump for meeting another Wayhaven fan and all the other fans book 3 cannot come fast enough also N for best girl/boi.