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Kanoko Yasaka
"Alright, you slimy old toad. You win this round."
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Suwako Moriya
"Better to be slimy than shedding my skin all the time.#I couldn't possibly handle that clean-up"
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It had become a familiar sight to Sanae Kochiya#in her days and nights on the mountain#that became her new home away from Suwa.
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The gods she attended to as Moriya's shrine maiden#hadn't gained their notoriety as one of Gensokyo's#most dysfunctional couples for no reason.
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The two insist they have a grudge, and act like it,#even if Sanae knew it was all posturing.#"If they truly hated each other, they wouldn't#spend all night chatting with each other,#she told herself.
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Kanoko Yasaka
"It's how I maintain my youth, my dear frog."
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Suwako Moriya
"Only you would have a need to hide it,#I'm perfectly fine with my age."
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Are you? I see you taking mud baths as often as a kappa,#even if you insist it's 'just a frog thing'."
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The deities of Moriya had gotten extremely drunk,#and had spent the entire night sniping at each other#both metaphorically and literally#while Sanae cleaned up after them.
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A bit of light streamed in from the shuttered windows.#Her vision blurring, she glanced at an electronic watch,#one of several pieces of technology she brought from Suwa.
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It was now 6 AM.
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Sanae threw her broom to the ground, exhausted.#It clattered, drawing the attention of her charges.
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Sanae Kochiya
"Go to bed. I'm done with having to babysit my moms."
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Kanoko Yasaka
"Well *sorry*. No one told you you had to stay up#and 'babysit' us."
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Sanae Kochiya
"If I didn't take care of your mess now, it'd be a million times#worse by morning. Which, if you haven't noticed, it now is"
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Suwako giggled and offered Sanae a drink.#The wind priestess refused, tossing it aside with a small gust.
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Sanae Kochiya
"Bed. Now."
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The deities grumbled as they went to a nearby room#and shut the thin door before play-arguing more#of the morning hours away
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Sanae stepped outside, feeling the chill of the morning air.#Her eyes fluttered with sleepiness as the wind struck her.
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Sanae Kochiya
*yawn*
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Koishi Komeiji
"What's the matter?"
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Sanae shook herself to awareness.#A girl with a green hat had appeared for just a moment.#But now she was gone.
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Koishi Komeiji
"Don't worry, silly, I'm right here~!"
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She looked around again.#At the bottom of the shrine's steps#stood that same girl, waving her hand. 
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Had she not heard her?#She knew she didn't notice anything, right?#But this girl was here now.
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Sanae Kochiya
"Sorry, shrine's closed today. The gods got drunk."
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Koishi Komeiji
"Aww, what a shame. Now you'll have a day off."
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Sanae Kochiya
"That would be all well and good if i didn't need to catch up on sleep.#If this keeps up, we'll be a night shrine."
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Koishi Komeiji
"What sort of situation would make you work long, sleepless nights?#Are the gods upset?"
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Sanae Kochiya
"They're ornery, and we've been getting in arguments,#but that's not really what the problem is"
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Koishi felt insight on the wind.#She skipped up the steps to Sanae,#and clasped her hands.
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Koishi Komeiji
"I know parents can be tough sometimes, but your feelings#matter too! You're not wrong for being tough back."
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Sanae's heart skipped a beat.#She hadn't mentioned anything about parents.#But this girl immediately figured out that#her feelings towards Moriya's gods#were familial.
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She smiled, a tear running down her face.
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Sanae Kochiya
"Yeah, I guess you're right. They're important to me,#but they're not the only ones that matter here."
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Sanae Kochiya
"Even if it does feel a bit heretical to say that."
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Sanae explained the situation to Koishi.#Koishi listened as well as she could.
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The two snuck back over to the shrine#and, hearing loud snoring from the window#they put their plan into action