"Don"t you want to see her converse normally with other people?"
Yos.h.i.+non fell into silent contemplation.
Yos.h.i.+non understands fully what is going on between both of them.
Yos.h.i.+no is very introvert and easily intimidated. She"s too scared to talk to other people, she"s afraid of humans in general. Just a touch and she would curl up like a snail. Yos.h.i.+non"s existence helped her.
Yos.h.i.+non did all the interaction with the external environment, she did her job so well that Yos.h.i.+no didn"t get the chance to improve her communication abilities. Now, she can only communicate through her doll.
Yos.h.i.+non knows what kind of position it had in Yos.h.i.+no"s heart. Yos.h.i.+no treated Yos.h.i.+non as the model she aspires to be. Yos.h.i.+non"s the pillar of support for Yos.h.i.+no who is timid and who perceives herself as weak.
Without Yos.h.i.+non around, Yos.h.i.+no would flip out and enter a state of panic, losing control of her power, she would lash out with her power at any stimuli.
Yos.h.i.+no is very gentle, she doesn"t want to hurt anyone. She hates pain and hates being afraid. She doesn"t want to see others be hurt or afraid as well.
Yos.h.i.+no cannot break free of Yos.h.i.+non, she would get scared and lash out at her surroundings. Yos.h.i.+no relied on Yos.h.i.+non, whenever Yos.h.i.+non gets separated from Yos.h.i.+no, this persona would go into slumber and Yos.h.i.+no wouldn"t be able to draw out this persona. These two are in an intricate and delicate relations.h.i.+p.
Yos.h.i.+non knows that Yos.h.i.+no regarded it highly because of Yos.h.i.+non"s outgoing personality. Yos.h.i.+no wants to someday live just like Yos.h.i.+non, strong and not easily frightened.
However, the problem remains, how will Yos.h.i.+no improve if she never gets her chance to s.h.i.+ne?
Wu Yan"s question struck a chord with Yos.h.i.+non.
Yos.h.i.+non wants all the best for Yos.h.i.+no, much more when it"s one of her dearest wishes!
Yos.h.i.+non raised its head.
"You, why do you know so much about Yos.h.i.+non?"
Wu Yan shrugged.
"Don"t worry too much about that, I am just asking you if you want to see some change in the little spirit you"re protecting…"
"I will worry about Yos.h.i.+no, thank you!"
Yos.h.i.+non lashed out at Wu Yan.
"You humans always try and hurt Yos.h.i.+no, on what basis should I believe you humans?!"
Wu Yan sighed.
"I have no such basis, unfortunately. However, I believe in you girls!"
"You believe in us?"
Yos.h.i.+non parroted.
"Yeap!"
Wu Yan nodded resolutely.
"I believe Yos.h.i.+no is a good spirit, you girls are no villains!"
"Therefore, I want to help you girls…"
The whole place fell silent again.
Wu Yan felt like Yos.h.i.+non is examining him despite it being supposedly inanimate.
Yos.h.i.+non finally said something.
"Why do you have so much faith in Yos.h.i.+non?"
Wu Yan smiled, he looked at the ceiling.
"You see, I have a very cute, innocent, and kind spirit at home as well…"
"You have another spirit living at your home?"
Yos.h.i.+non gasped.
"Impossible! Humans hate spirits don"t they? I a.s.sumed that"s why they kept attacking spirits, spirits don"t take kindly to this and they fought back. How can a human and spirit possible live together in harmony?"
"True, at first, she treated humans like enemies…"
Wu Yan shook his head while bitterly smiling.
"But, she saw that this world had its own warmth and she became a precious part of my family."
"The warm part of this world…"
"Yeah!"
Wu Yan continued.
"There are warm and benevolent spirits like Tohka, Yos.h.i.+non, and Yos.h.i.+no among the spirits. Surely the same applied to humans, it"s just bad luck that you girls never found people like that. I am here to tell you to leave the world of fear and come with me."
"If you believe in me, I am going to make sure no one can harm or cause you further anguis.h.!.+"
Yos.h.i.+non lowered its head, his genuine smile caused it to go into deep contemplation once more.
Only the faint sound of people breathing could be heard in this dark place.
Finally, Yos.h.i.+non raised her voice.
"Yos.h.i.+no wants to become strong and Yos.h.i.+non wants to help her accomplish that…"
Yos.h.i.+non looked at Wu Yan.
"Can you please help Yos.h.i.+no?"
"You betcha!"
Wu Yan beamed at Yos.h.i.+non.
Yos.h.i.+non mused out loud.
"But, how are you going to help Yos.h.i.+no make the change?"
"That"s why I asked you if I can talk to her!"
Wu Yan turned his attention towards Yos.h.i.+no, he"s not sure if she understood their conversation. She quietly listened and observed their interaction.
"I want to let her learn that interacting with other people can be a very fun thing."
"Fun… thing…"
Yos.h.i.+non repeated, it looked at Wu Yan.
"What should I do?"
Scratching his cheek, Wu Yan continued.
"If possible, I want you to leave Yos.h.i.+no for just a brief moment!"
"What?!"
"Calm down, let me explain!"
"Look, if you"re here, Yos.h.i.+no won"t actively strike up a conversation with other people, she"s just going to let you deal with it right? If you"re gone, Yos.h.i.+no has to do the talking herself, in this manner, she will slowly change."
"But…"
Yos.h.i.+non hesitated. If Yos.h.i.+non parted with Yos.h.i.+no, she"s going to be very afraid a wrong move could turn this building into an icy h.e.l.l.
Yos.h.i.+non and Yos.h.i.+no don"t want this to happen. Naturally, Yos.h.i.+non felt anxious leaving Yos.h.i.+no by herself.
As if Wu Yan saw through its thoughts, he a.s.sured it.
"Relax, leave it to me. You girls will reunite shortly and just maybe, you won"t be the only one talking to me, Yos.h.i.+no will be talking together with us!"
Yos.h.i.+non looked into Wu Yan"s eyes before it finally nodded.
Smiling, he silently sighed in relief. He took Yos.h.i.+non of Yos.h.i.+no"s left hand.