catch-all: jiuqing.

[pura]

how did we not have a catch all already

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[pura]

... I know. I understand.

[Past the anger and the sorrow, she's also just... very exhausted.]

We need to root out the cause of the refractions. Otherwise... How much longer will we last?

[countermeasures]

At the rate we've been going...

[...not terribly long.

she sighs.]

We will get to the bottom of this one way or another. I have faith in that. [and she does! she's tired and angry and sad, but she's also determined.] ...I just hope it's sooner rather than later.

[pura]

...

[They really don't have much time left at this rate, do they?]

There's bound to be more stuff that was discovered after our meeting earlier in the week. And now, that note on the meeting hall door... It feels as if we're reaching the climax.

[countermeasures]

...

[she nods]

That note, the residents regaining their forms, the way their archways were earlier in the week... a lot of things are changing. We have to be ready.

[pura]

Things will only become more dangerous from here on out.

[countermeasures]

We should be as careful as we can.

[pura]

Of course. Though more importantly, while we can be as careful as we want, we really need to find more ways to deal with the refracted.

[countermeasures]

We need another of the gumballs I used on Kazunari.

[...]

He spoke to Steel and said that she believed that it worked, but that it was just delayed because it took time for everything to get put right. That's one way we can deal with them.

[pura]

[... Hm.]

Are you implying he was affected by something bigger than just a curse?

[countermeasures]

That's the impression I got from talking with him.

[pura]

... How awful. [Yikes.] He really is an actor.

[Boy really be out there acting normally after getting the knife slapped out of his hands, huh.]

[countermeasures]

...it must have really freaked him out. I think he's trying to act normal to hold it together for Kumon.

[pura]

Shit, Hyodo-san... Do you think he knows?

[countermeasures]

I'm not sure... but it's an undeniable fact that he was acting extremely strangely the other week. There's no way Kumon didn't notice that.

[pura]

Yes, he must have noticed that much. Though it's one thing to know your friend was acting strangely, and another to realize he might have killed someone.

[countermeasures]

...part of me hopes that he doesn't realize. But... I don't see how he couldn't.

[pura]

[She's just closing her eyes fastly. Hateful.]

He's not stupid...

[countermeasures]

...

[it might be easier if he was...]

[pura]

[It sure would be.

Her vibes are so rancid.]

[countermeasures]

[mood]