> Nod.
> "I can imagine. Alcohol is an interesting beast in general. It is more Suika's area of expertise than mine, though."
> "Now. Before I go much further, I think I owe it to you to explain where I am coming from, when I talk about what I claim to know about you, and why I sympathize with you. In doing research into the local interests, as well as poltergeist biology, as it were, I have learned that you've only really been around here for a few weeks. A few months, tops. I've also learned that you can't do that thing, and, if earlier was any indication, that you lack a name. A cruel existence to be thrust into to be sure, but I can berate those responsible for your presence about their inconsideration later. I've also heard of your curiosity into things like the man's shop in the forest, as well as your devotion to that book. Given how long you've been here, the circumstances of your arrival, and the subject of that book, I think it's pretty easy to conclude that you simply do not know a whole lot about where you are."
> Our arms are at our sides, correct? If not, put them there.
> Without moving our arms further, rotate our hands so that our palms are open and pointed at the poltergeist. This should be a gesture of peace, not one of combat. Keep the smile up.
> "I want to tell you that you have nothing to be scared of or embarrassed about with me. You're new here, so these things are to be expected. It is a shame that you cannot fly, or that you do not have a name, but these things are not your fault at all, and to expect you to have picked them up on your own would be rather unreasonable. Since you have read the passage in that book about my home, you know what it said about the people that dwell there. I take no pleasure in the suffering or embarrassment of others. If I did take pleasure in your embarrassment I would have talked about these things while Tenshi was here. I want to help you with these things because it is the right thing to do. I would be a terrible Bhavagran if I had someone suffering in front of me and I did nothing to help them. Bhava-Agra does not smile upon sadism. Nor does it smile upon deceit. You don't have to feel ashamed or embarrassed of anything in front of me, because I really do want to help you out with these things, to take you from the existence that was thrust upon you and help you grow from it, to become your own person instead of what everyone blithely assumed you were. It's not what you are that's important, it's who you are. But I can only do so much as I am. I want to help you, but I can only help you as much as you want to be helped. Let me help you and teach you what you wish to know. Please."