After giving Ruby and Amara their punishment for being gone so long, Fate went down to his reception hall to meet a guest who had come to see him.
Fate was surprised that Kathy Primrose chose to visit him after disappearing a few days ago, fleeing from Fate's insults in tears.
Amara chose to join Fate in this meeting at Ruby's insistence because she claimed that Amara needed to practice face-slapping women if they approached their husband, Fate, with ill intentions.
Ruby wanted to continue playing mad scientist with her new plans for a plant legion.
She had ideas for creating new weapons that could help the Blood Maidens on their continued mission to rob people blind and assassinate women who got too close to Fate with bad intentions.
If you're wondering why they don't take out Kathy Primrose, the answer to this question is very simple: Fate is only into older, more mature women, not younger women like Kathy and Maria.