>Any interesting patterns in those stars?
>Is there any sort of motion out here, particularly between the spheres, now that we're far enough away to compare them both?
>"What a boring void.">Imagine up another wind to aid us in flying back toward Sanae's world. A real sirocco this time; let it go nuts until we get close enough that we need to start worrying about breaking.
>Head back through the tunnel, and assess things once we emerge from it.
>Mmm. Let's try to step this imagination game up a bit.>Try to picture and conjure a crow sitting on the ground in front of us.
>"Alright. Can you understand me? Just bob your head twice. Or talk, I guess, if you can do that."
>"Okay, good. Now I want you to do something to surprise me. But nothing violent!"
>"Well...that's something. Okay, now it's business time. I want you to turn and point your beak in the direction Sanae is."
>"Good job! Now, I have another job for you. Can you point toward where Keine is?"
>"Is she not here? Bob your head three times, if that's the case."
> Well. That explains it...? No it doesn't, not at all!> "How about Konngara?" Let's see if it's just Keine missing.
>"Try to point your beak toward Konngara, please. Give me two head bobs if you can't."
>"Good job!">Let's run this process through a few more names, praising it when it can find them. Eirin, Yuuka, Tamiko, Gengetsu, Mugetsu.
>Let's try our father's name next. Prepare for another screech.
> "Can you write? Uh ... by ... scratching it into the ground, or something?"