A costume change was well over due. I originally wanted to have Meg and Astor show up in entirely new clothes when they reappeared in chapter 9; but, because it had been 5 chapters since Meg and Astor had been seen, I didn’t think it would be a good idea to mess with either of their physical appearances too much (Meg kept her original shirt as part of her cold weather gear upgrade). I prefer to change up clothes when I’m able to.