1 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 1 Chireiden. 1 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 1 Suspended above the Hellfire Mantle,#the venerable Palace of the Earth Spirits is#by far the largest and most iconic structure#in former Hell 1 0 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 1 Within, two sisters, alongside their pets and fae#hide themselves from the world above 1 0 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 1 One sees all with a third eye that listens#One sees none with that eye gone for wisdom 1 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 1 Satori live lonely lives thanks to their third eye#Everyone has secrets to take to their grave 1 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 1 So, they had cloistered away for centuries#each absorbed in their own pursuits#until a shrine maiden and a witch#threw the doors open to the outside 1 0 0 2 0 -1 1 0 0 1 The younger of the sisters#traded conscious thought#for subconscious desire#and wandered outside for a prayer,#leaving her sister alone with her pets#for the first time in a century 1 0 0 2 0 -1 1 0 0 1 Wandering throughout Gensokyo,#she learned of the world overlaying another#that had been built to protect legends#from the fate of rationality#and humanity's loss of wonder 1 0 0 2 0 -1 1 0 0 1 Not that she could remember it if you asked her#Her conscious thought gone,#she couldn't access those memories if she tried.#Not even her sister, seer of all, could 1 0 0 2 0 -1 2 0 0 1 So when she finally returned,#having taught the Buddhists a lesson in serenity#and taken a mask that drew her in with pure emotion#her older sister, worried sick for her#asked her all about the world above 1 0 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 1 The conscious asked the subconscious,#"How do you breathe?" 1 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 1 1 The subconscious replied simply,#"I don't know!" 1 0 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 1 Koishi's closed eye, her closed mind,#left her sister Satori's heart festering#with a jealous wish that Koishi had never#left the conscious world behind 1 0 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 1 She tried to hide her emotions#She tried to greet her sister each day with a smile#even though she knew Koishi knew a truth#that grew harder to try to hide each day 1 0 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 1 A shattered plate was the trigger#that let Satori's feelings fly#Koishi running away in tears#knowing her sister was sobbing too 1 0 0 2 0 -1 1 0 0 1 The subconscious memory of her first moments outside#drew Koishi to the site of her original prayer.#Then a prayer for strength,#now a prayer for knowledge,#that Satori might know the world above#even if Koishi could never explain it 2 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 1 But not all was right at the Moriya Shrine...