>"I meant metaphorically. What've you found?"
> "Oh." Aya takes a small notebook out of her skirt pocket and flips through it. She takes a seat on the rock, clears her throat, and begins to speak.
> "The village is damaged by the storm. I'll skip over the details, but during the cleanup I interviewed a hundred villagers. 15 thought that it was a regular natural disaster, 65 blamed Lady Yasaka, and 20 thought that it was due to Lady Yasaka's negligence. Upon visiting the Moriya Shrine, I learned that Lady Yasaka had disappeared due to a lack of faith. However, Lady Moriya and Sanae did not suffer the same fate."
> "I visited the kappa and learned from them that the water was very salty, and therefore no one should try to drink it. There had already been casualties among youkai who had mistaken it for drinking water, despite the smell it was giving off. Lady Minoriko and Shizuha were found near the Genbu Ravine and confirmed safe. Survivors were confirmed from the Human Village. Rumors started flying around that Sanae woke up, and right now the tengu that brought me here are probably talking about her in the village again."
> She gives Sanae a wink.
> "The Human Village, previously adrift in the Myouren Temple, has settled down at the edge of the water. This riles up a lot of youkai. The Aki sisters move from the Genbu Ravine to the Human settlement to provide their protection. Youkai from the outskirts of Gensokyo arrive at the mountain, and all interviewed believed the world was ending. Meanwhile, the Myouren Temple youkai have been negotiating with nearby youkai asking to leave the humans alone. They're nice but they're not very convincing."
> "I also visited the Scarlet Devil Mansion at one point to witness a danmaku duel between Kazami Yuuka and the red-white. Neither stayed around long enough to be interviewed, so I talked to the gate guard. So far, no one has been willing to check the Underground. So...have you been down there, Reimu?"
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