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Sanae Kochiya
"Are we there yet?"
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Kanoko Yasaka
"No."
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Sanae Kochiya
"Are we there yet?"
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Kanoko Yasaka
"No."
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This had been going for the last 2 hours. 
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Suwako groaned.
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Suwako Moriya
"Whose idea was it to walk anyway?!#We *are* able to fly, you know."
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Sanae's still tied up."
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Suwako Moriya
"Then untie her."
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Sanae Kochiya
"Actually this is kinda comfortable at this point."
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Kanoko shrugged, hefting the weight of Sanae in her chair.
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They all knew that they could just fly away. #They all knew that there was nothing stopping them.
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They didn't, though.#Even Suwako wasn't taking the initative to actually#lift off. They all just continued their leisurely pace#around the Misty Lake 
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Kanoko sighed.
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Kanoko Yasaka
"It's a nice day out, but it feels... I don't know... heavy."
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Suwako Moriya
"The unthinking satori's magic is manipulation of#the subconscious, and I suspect we're being affected"
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Suwako Moriya
"I know she isn't doing this consciously. She#doesn't -- can't have --  intent beyond need or desire."
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Nothing beyond what her own subconscious gleaned.#Which says much more about us than about her."
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Suwako Moriya
"We cooperate without having to question each other.#We understand and work towards the same goals."
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Suwako Moriya
"We act out against each other to maintain a status quo.#We argue and fight despite our shared interests."
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Kanoko Yasaka
"And in the mean time, we ignore our priestess, who#gave up the world outside just to be around us."
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Kanoko Yasaka
"We watch as she hurts herself just trying to keep up."
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They stopped in their tracks.#After a long silence, Suwako laughed.
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Kanoko Yasaka
"What's so funny?"
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"Maybe we really *do* need therapy."
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Koishi had been slowly floating across the lake#to find the geyser that led back to former Hell.
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She felt aimless. Rather than find a blessing for Satori,#she managed to insult some of the most powerful#beings in Gensokyo with a plan that made#her look like a complete fool. 
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She looked up. In the distance, she saw raptors' wings. #The wings started increasing in size, #slowly at first, then much, much faster.
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"LOOK OUT BELOW!!!!!"
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A large object shot into the water in front of Koishi,#causing a massive splash and a jet of steam from#the lake. In the distance, some fairies were#thrown ashore by the resulting waves.
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Utsuho Reiuji spread her wings, splashing Koishi#with droplets of what water didn't instantly vaporize#from the radiating energy she possessed.#Koishi recognized her sister's pet bird instantly.
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Her partner-in-crime, a cat named Rin Kaenbyou,#floated gently down to meet Koishi. She was carrying#caway some corpses that had recently passed.
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Utsuho Reiuji
"Hiiii~ We're just dropping by"
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Rin Kaenbyou
"In multiple ways."
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Koishi Komeiji
"Thanks for checking on me... I suppose Satori wants#me to get home soon so she could say 'told you so'."
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"Actually... that's what we came here to talk about.#She actually wants to apologize to you."
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"She's not feeling well so she couldn't come in person.#But she wants you to come back."
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"She was mostly scuffed about you not remembering stuff well,#but she knows you can't control it."
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Koishi Komeiji
"I'm thankful, really. But I can't come back yet."
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Rin Kaenbyou
"You were headed that direction mya~"
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Koishi Komeiji
"Even if I do go home, I still can't remember things#on-demand. It just isn't possible even if she wishes it."
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Koishi Komeiji
"I can't let this happen again. I don't want to give her#the same reason to hate me in the future."
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"I need to find the gods of the mountain again and#apologize for my own trespasses into their lives."
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Koishi Komeiji
"I know I'm not trained to help them.#I just wanted to do something that would."
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Koishi Komeiji
"but talking to them made realize just how little I#actually can help..."
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Utsuho placed a hand on Koishi's shoulder.
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"I'm not sure what's going on, but take us with you.#Be empowered by our presences."
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"We've got your back. Unless you die, then, y'know,#I'll just be giving you a ride."
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Koishi smiled, tears coming to her eyes.
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Koishi Komeiji
"Thank you all. I'm sorry for all this trouble."
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The three sped across the lake.#Utsuho's crow eyes surveyed the landscape.#Hunting the snake that granted her power.
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Sanae was slumbering in her chair.#Suwako was pacing back and forth, #digging a path in the grass#beside the Misty Lake's shore
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"The proper thing to do would probably be to go back.#It'd be weird apologizing to our kidnapper though."
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Kanoko was laying in the grass, basking in the sun.
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"Would she even still be there? If she's headed home,#she'd be heading towards Youkai Mountain like us."
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"Besides, you had mentioned the effects of her#personal magic. It'd be strong enough that she's close"
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As if on queue, Utsuho dived in at full speed,#a blazing meteor dragging Rin and Koishi in tow.#The two landed and did a pose they had clearly practiced.
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Utsuho swept upward, narrowly missing the forest, #and landed between Koishi and Rin, matching their#choreography with a powerful stance, #wings spread, arms folded,#and a bright, beaming smile on her face.
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Suwako Moriya
"Oh for the love of --"
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A streak across the tops of the trees had ignited.#Suwako quickly extinguished it with#a splash of water from the lake.
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Koishi stepped forward to meet the trio again,#the evaporating mist and the glow of Utsuho's#control rod creating a bright rainbow aura around her.
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Koishi Komeiji
"Everyone, I'm sorry. Thank you for waiting for me."