>Presumably the way you'e supposed to. Are there multiple ways to do it, and if so, what are the differences?
> The best way, you think, is to try and mimic what you did in the dream. Instead of the salt, you can use the water, and instead of putting it around the room, you can put it on yourself.
> Shedding the blanket aside, you take out your gohei and start going through the motions. You don't have any salt this time, but you try to replicate the movements you used when purifying the room. You close your eyes and focus inwards, on yourself. You imagine your center like the core of a star, and kneel by the water. You set down the gohei, lift the bucket, and overturn it. It's so cold, that under normal circumstances you would be flinching from it, but instead you just focus on the numbing sensation it brings. Yes, all sensations are being washed away, and only the dirt won't return.
> Once the water has settled, you feel a twinge in your stomach. Only now do you drop the bucket, and you start to shiver. There's a tickling feeling in the back of your throat. Before you can control yourself, you lurch forward and gag. You cough up something slimy, and then another, and another. They're white feathers, tipped in red. At least they're gone from you now.
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