> "I see..."
> If we aren't still looking down at our skirt, do so again.
> "Is there any more you would like to say, now that we're here? I really think she can help you."
>"Um...I suppose so," she says. "It's just...there's some gap in it I can't really understand..."
>"Perhaps you could show me?" says Yukari, who is clearly straining to hear the poltergeist.
>"Okay..." says the Poltergeist.
>The floor starts to darken as pools of shadow manifest from it, slowly growing and merging into one another. Soon, the whole thing is practically covered, as if there were no light coming in at all.
>Yukari glances down at it, and runs a finger along the floor. "Oh my," she says. "This isn't bad work for a beginner. Hmmm, so you did join up the edges. I thought so."
>"...Yes..." says the poltergeist's voice, even more small than before.
>"It's a simple-sounding technique," Yukari continues, "But to executed it? Hmm, harder than it sounds. You have to match the edges just so, and then you get into the geometry of the thing and that makes it all the worse. Not all boundaries want to join up just so, and there you find the problems. I can see a bit of overlapping there, and I can't blame you for that. It's not as though you had many options available. But those overlaps are where things can slip out if they know where to look, or are just lucky. Still, it's not bad work at all. Iku was quite lucky to find that seam."
>"I see..." mutters the poltergeist. You aren't quite sure if she does, given her shaky tone.
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