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>In the past, it has been noted that you had known no one else with real shapechanging power. But it turns out that you did, a particular Tanuki you knew back in the old days. However, you've lost contact with her after you were sealed underground, and have heard nothing about her since. You're pretty sure she's passed on in the intervening time; a lot of people have between then and now. Her abilities were a bit more limited than your own; she could take a variety of people shapes, and seemed to have an easier time of it than you did, but she didn't have nearly your range. However, she did have the ability to disguise other objects as well, actually changing their shape to a degree. You're not sure what her limits were, she tended to use the ability sparingly and subtly, but it seemed your seeds could do more, only less reliably.
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>Silence reigns over the library a bit. Byakuren rests her chin on the crook of her finger closing her eyes and clearly considering. Patchouli seems content to return to her reading, the sound of her flipping a page the only real noise to be heard.
>"So, there are several courses available to us," says Byakuren, not opening her eyes. "We could petition the gods for assistance, which seems logical given the nature of the weapon our enemy holds. Or we could try to outsmart him, somehow, but this requires a good understand of just how his whole ideology works beyond trade being a nearly sacred act. Related to that would be some kind of sabotage to his methods, but it encounters the same problem. Or...we could hope that weapon you've found has a key we can use."
>"I am going to put forth a hypothesis," says Patchouli. "Pondering the situation, I think we may have one advantage. I would suggest that we have Rinnosuke cornered, in a sense. Let us presume his power is not infinite, which I feel is a good presumption. We know that he wishes to change the nature of reality, which is no mean feat. So, I would suspect he set up his defenses first, and has channeled whatever power he had left into this ritual he is carrying out. I have a feeling this means he cannot adapt to any new circumstances, simply due to having no power to do so."
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