>"Not sure how much help surprising people will be, but I wouldn't mind some backup."
>Look to Suwako. "I might need some help checking out the whole water situation. Do you have any spells that'll make it easier for me to get around? A water-breathing charm, or something?" Show the shard again. "Or even some way to detect the energy these things are letting off."
> "You underestimate the element of surprise," the karakasa whispers, half to herself.
> "Ribbit. I could whip up a charm like that," Suwako says. "For water-breathing. It'd be different from a magicians, but I can do it."
> She scrutinizes the shard. "I don't know about those. Detecting magic energy is more about intuition than spells."
>"Hey, have you moved her at all? She'll get bedsores if you leave her like that."
> "Well, the thing is, we don't know where to put her," the karakasa admits. She stares at the ground. "Plus, the youkai around the shrine respect Sanae too much to manhandle her."
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