>"Starting to learn it in a day is quick!? D-Darn it..."
>"Hey, don't feel so down about it. I heard a rumor somewhere that the Hakurei Shrine maiden took months to fully master flight...
Of course, those are only rumors..."
>Actually...
>"Wait, if you can shoot danmaku, how long did it take you to learn that? Or, did you just know it..."
>"I learned the basic stuff in a few hours, and then I pretty much perfected it from there. Can't remember exactly when I learned it though, I was pretty young..."
>"This place is so strange and interesting ! You have shrine maidens that maintain the order, immortals that fight to the death just to revive again, cute rabbit people that dig out those holes and live on a strange mansion, i think Reimu also talked about a friend of her's that's a magician too, little cute catgirl shikigami of another fluffy shikigami of a person that looks like me. What's next ?"
>"If only things didn't go so wrong..."
>"Yeah, Gensokyo can be a very interesting place..." Kagerou replies.
>"Huh, how that you mention it..." Chen begins, "You do kinda look like Yukari-sama... I wonder if Yukari-sama noticed..."
>Become Mini-Yukari
>Yukari appears from a gap.
>"Henceforth, Maribel Hearn, I shall call you... Mini-me!">Realize we might end up like Yukari with 2 shikigamis.
>You wonder at the possibility of ending up with two shikigami like Yukari. It sounds like an awesome idea, but would you be able to implement it with your current abilities? You only have a basic understanding of danmaku and can't even fly, how would you come into the possession of not one, but two shikigami to call your own?
>"Hey, is it possible that i am half human and youkai ? If so how can i discover it ?"
>"I'd say it's very unlikely..." Kagerou answers as the three of you pass over the edge of the bamboo forest, "Judging from what you were saying, and your outfit, I assume you're an outsider, correct? Youkai are extremely rare in the outside world, and therefore half-youkai are even rarer... As for discovering it, well, it depends on what youkai your parent was. For instance, the guardian of the human village is half hakutaku, but you wouldn't really be able to tell unless the full moon was out. While half oni humans, I've heard, will sometimes develop horns as they mature... Some hybrids, on the other hand, usually don't have any distinguishing youkai traits..."
>Come to think of it, how did things get into such a big mess again?
>It all started when Mamizou was shot, and then people began suspecting Renko... Then things went completely downhill once Renko shot Reimu...
>Was there anything we could have done?
>You wonder if there was anything you could've done to prevent things from getting too out of hand...
>When you were in the alleyway, you probably could've looked around and found evidence suggesting Renko was the assailant... As Reimu had found that bullet casing in there...
>While on the way to Eientei, after Koishi said something to Renko and she kept telling you she was fine, perhaps if you kept pressing the matter further, Renko might've given in...
>Koishi probably knew something. While at Eientei, you probably could've pulled Koishi aside and asked her what she had said to Renko...
>When Reimu and Miss Yagokoro went to speak in private, you might have been able to follow them and eavesdrop on the conversation...
>Finally, when Reimu took Renko outside, maybe if you had eavesdropped on them, you might have been able to prevent Renko's actions before-
>Stop ruminating before we start guilt-tripping ourselves.
>You stop dwelling on these thoughts before you start crying.
>_
