Tsuchi shut his eyes. He knew indeed somebody had started something. They had found them on a scroll - something had had to write it. The thought of him using these powers for his benefit almost frightened him, he went to stare out the window. Reason and logic both fell to the ground. It was not that he did not trust himself. It was that he couldn't understand it all.

"Don't worry," he said. "I don't think Oubai-san or even Terumi-san are fiddling with your strings."