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With Yumi's instruction Nikaro apologizes to Liyun for collapsing the day before and Nikaro starts to get annoyed with the way Yumi is treating him. When they do the ritual bathing they get into a staring contest and Nikaro earns a measure of respect from Yumi. She explains her plan to try and contact the spirits, eventually Nikaro leaves the spring while they are stil insulting each other.{{book ref|yumi|12}} Afterward they arrive at the shrine in the villiage and Yumi gets Nikaro to say the six ritual prayers. Yumi has to poke him to keep him awake once thier finished and Nikaro attempts to stack stones, failing miserably.{{book ref|yumi|13}}
 
After Nikaro eventually falls back asleep they arrive back in Nikaro's world and Yumi tries to explain to him what he did wrong, eventually she decides she'll have to teach him. Painter remembers the stable nightmare and the family and argues that they should make sure it was dealt with. After Yumi showers they leave to the foremans office and Yumi tells him but Nikaro realized the foreman wouldn't beleive them and they left. They leave and go back to Nikaro's apartment but run into Akane who offeresoffers to help Yumi, Yumi accepts with grateful tears.{{book ref|yumi|14}}
 
Yumi and Akane go shopping and Nikaro just follows behind, eventually they leave and Yumi takes up Akane's offer to hang out with her and her friends [[Izzy]], [[Tojin]] and [[Masaka]].{{book ref|yumi|15}} They go the the [[Noodle Pupil]] and Nikaro decides he doesn't want to be around his friends and goes to the front counter. [[Design]] comes out and drops a bowl of noodles in shock as she sees Nikaro and thinks he is dead.{{book ref|yumi|16}} Nikaro and Yumi pretend to help clean up so that they can talk with her, they explain to Design wahtwhat was happening and thiertheir theory that Yumi is from the star. Design explains how Yumi is very invested and says she will try to help, but that it is more up [[Hoid]]'s alley. Who happens to currently be frozen in time. Eventually they go back to Nikaro's apartment and he tries to keep her awake with a [[Hion]] program, but she was determined to get back and do some work.{{book ref|yumi|17}}
 
Nikaro and Yumi go back to her world and Yumi prepares Nikaro to apolagize to Liyun for their failure as they do the ritual bathing. Nikaro is a little annoyed at Yumi's strictness after feeling like they were starting to connect better. Through Nikaro Yumi explains to Liyun that they will need practice and time to restore her skills. Later at the shrine Yumi starts to teach Nikaro by picking up stones and trying to find its center of gravity and how it could be balanced. Yumi explains they will likely spend days practising this.{{book ref|yumi|18}}
 
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