An airhorn woke Kanoko in a strange, dark room.#She was tied sitting in a steel chair,#her hands bound behind her.
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Kanoko Yasaka
"What is the meaning of this? Where the hell am I?"
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She looked around. It appeared to be an office,#with furniture hastily gathered.#Beside her, Suwako was in a similar bind,#seemingly frozen in place.
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Koishi and Sanae stepped out from behind a curtain.
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Koishi Komeiji
"Surprise! Welcome to therapy!"
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Therapy? Why do we need therapy?"
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Sanae's gut felt the pain of a sturdy punch#before she had time to register what had happened.
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Koishi grabbed another chair and tied Sanae up,#placing her next to the gods.#Sanae struggled against the rope binds.
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Sanae Kochiya
"What are you doing? This wasn't part of the plan!"
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Koishi Komeiji
"You're part of this family too, you know.#As long as one of you is suffering, you all are"
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Sanae's emotions, hot with betrayal,#cooled to a warm understanding,#kept simmering from the pain.
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Kanoko's emotions, spiked red with righteous anger,#drove her to a spiral of confusion.
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Suwako saw the signs of panic in her mind,#and before she acted as unnerved as she was,#she made her emotions settle on a path#of logical, feigned calm.#She knew better than to fall to shock tactics.
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Okay, seriously though, where the hell are we?"
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Koishi Komeiji
"In the Human Village's medical district.#Yuuka's letting us use her office."
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The denizens of Moriya looked around.#On the shelves, they noticed a collection of#human psychology textbooks, next to#various degrees from the outside world#that all bore Yuuka's name.
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Suwako smiled. Her plan crystallized in her mind.#it was time to execute her escape.
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Suwako Moriya
"I suppose the real question is, whose fault was this?#Do we have the unthinking satori to blame?"
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Suwako Moriya
"Or was it the tired girl attending to our every whim,#no matter how much it took or how late it got?"
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Suwako Moriya
"My guess is more on us.#We've gone bad, I'm afraid"
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Right! And we're really *really* sorry about this,#so can we go? I'm sure little Sanae's getting tired"
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Sanae Kochiya
"Who are you calling 'little'? I'm an adult by#human standards. Besides, Suwako's smaller."
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Suwako Moriya
"You say that with a brave face, but you just got#sucker-punched by your accomplice"
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Koishi Komeiji
"L-let's move past that for now. Please remain calm.#This is something that we think you might need."
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Suwako Moriya
"What exactly do we need, anyway?"
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Koishi Komeiji
"Therapy! That's why we're here!"
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Do you even know how to do talk therapy?"
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Koishi Komeiji
"L-let's also move past that for now."
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She'd lost.
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Suwako's chair transformed into ball bearings,#the ropes falling off around her.
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Kanoko flexed her muscles, ropes bursting off.
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The Moriya gods picked up the chair Sanae was#tied to and walked towards the office door.#Koishi rushed to catch them at the door.
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Suwako Moriya
"I understand your intentions are in good faith.#But we don't need group therapy from you."
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Koishi Komeiji
"Please. Just give me a chance. #I don't exactly know what's going on, but I can tell."
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Koishi Komeiji
"You all feel strongly towards each other as found family.#You feel love, familiarity, loyalty, and even contempt."
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Koishi Komeiji
"If you all look at each other --"
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Sanae looked at Suwako and Kanoko, then at Koishi.#Koishi sounded earnest, but Sanae could tell#something else was eating at the girl,#and that it would get in the way of#whatever she could offer.
