>Focus!
>Keep it up, no matter how painful it becomes. Yuugi is near if anything happens.
> It really hurts...No, focus, you can do this...
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who is that, a human?> You keep pushing back Kikuri's jealousy.
> Owowow. Let's take this more slowly.
> Okay, usually catharsis leads to jealousy being let go of, at least for most people. To Kikuri: "Go on, you can say it."
> Just decreasing her jealousy is stressful on us, so let's try it a different way. Imagine her envy of Konngara being a block of ice. Stimulate that jealousy so that it's looser, more fluid like water. Try to get her to act on it, so that she can start to let it go more easily.
> Strike the last one. We gotta be careful with this one.
> It hurts...you need to rethink this a little.
> Kikuri quivers and tightens her grip on Konngara's hand, but doesn't say anything.
> You almost try melting her jealousy, but hold back on it. Gotta be careful.
>For the time being, let's focus more on conversing and give ourself a break. There's a good chance she's aware of this, anyways, being divine and all.
>"We just want this behind us."
> You hold back on making Kikuri let out her jealousy and focus on the conversation at hand.
> Kikuri's probably aware you're doing this, anyway, if the look she gives you is any indication.
> "I...want..." Kikuri's eyes start to water. Suika looks up from where she's sitting with mild surprise.
>Keep diving deeper into it, though. Don't manipulate her jealousy, but keep going an and discover as much as we can.
> You keep searching through her jealousy.
> There are flashes of seemingly mundane events that don't make much sense to you: Kikuri laying around at the bottom of her shell, watching the city, mostly, but you also see Konngara here and there, as well as a girl you don't recognize.
> There's an image of a girl resembling Konngara, but after that you feel really light-headed.
> _