>"I am not certain how many others might be able to cure this affliction once it takes hold, nor indeed how easily another might even sense it. Nor, for that matter, do I know the full course of the effect or how quickly it acts. Kamishirasawa-sensei was absent yesterday, I believe, and might already have been exhibiting some obvious signs of it by that point. I might expect, at the least, uncharacteristically increased aggression and negative emotions, though certainly that on its own cannot be assumed to be signs of something darker - everyone has bad days from time to time, after all."
>"Oh, my, yes." Akina agrees. "If one jumped at every angry word, one would never touch the ground. But some sign, vague or no, is at least better than none."
>"Yeah, but this one, even I'd think twice about writing." Hatate grunts. "It's a bit TOO vague. I'd only put my fellow students on edge and have them pointing fingers before the end of first period."
>"Wouldn't do nobody no good, that." says Rin.
>Hatate nods, looking a bit pensive. "And that's really what I want to do, at the end of the day. Do some good for my schoolmates, I mean, and my teachers."
>"'part from maybe Mima." Akiko mutters to no one in particular.
>"On a day like this, even her, Akiko." Hatate disagrees. That comes as something of a shock to hear. Hatate, you know, is no fan of the vice principal. Not that this is abnormal, of course, but to hear someone say they wanted to do something good for Mima, without it being part of a bigger plan, is quite rare. To you, she continues, "I may be a reporter, but that doesn't mean I don't want to be involved. I'd just as soon have been fighting that ice owl myself, if I had your kind of power.
>Your ring reacts to her words.
>"Mighty brave of ya to say." Rin compliments the tengu as your ring pulses with power.
>"And I mean it, too. But since I can't, I was hoping that you'd be able to tell me something I could use to help here." After a beat, she adds in your direction, "Something specific to this situation, I mean, rather than the generality you mentioned before."
