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<span class="mu-i">"So now here I'm left thinking m-my work wasn't really all that appreciated, despite what sensei and the Princess keep telling me! S-So now I'm hoping another big incident will happen again, and that I can be the first on the case! I wanna... wanna show Tewi that she's just running her mouth! I want them all to see that I, Reisen Udongein Inaba, can be just as good at resolving incidents as the Hakurei Shrine Maiden and her Witch friend are!"</span>
As she was finished with her lengthy explanation about her singing, and her self-conscious problem right now, Reisen had a sure enough look on her face, one that spelled out determination as she held her hands close to her chest and pursed her lips into a pouty shape.
You were left baffled by all that baggage unpacked all at once and just blinked back at her own red eyes. You did ask, and you suppose you got what you wanted, more or less.
Reisen, after a few seconds, suddenly looked surprised at herself for throwing it all out there. Quietly, you heard Tewi giggling again around the corner from where they were pounding mochi. Reisen's ears drooped down a little and she had a single tear of embarrassment welt in her left eyelid before she looked away nervously again.
<span class="mu-i">"S-Sorry, I let that get a little o... out of hand...!"</span>
Awkward quietness.
You raised and took another bite of your kusa mochi and listened to Reisen's breathing. Rubbing your chin, you thought of what to say. In many ways... she once again reminded you of some of your own experiences. You could get wanting to be capable and proven like she wanted to be, you could sympathize with wanting to show jerks like Tewi that even what someone as smug as them says can get disproven easily.
"So... Reisen, do you consider it an incident that I'm here in Gensokyo now after I was kidnapped and, er, spirited away I guess?"
Her ears twitched. <span class="mu-i">"H-Huh..? What do you mean...?"</span>
"Well, if you consider something like what happened with me... to be an, Incident, or sorts, you are right here now, the first person who wants to solve it, close to me." You say with a smile.
She stared at you with shock, slowly becoming more aware of what you meant to imply to her.
