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Silin was surrounded by adult Inklings, as they escort her towards the stair steps nearby.
Mirii was slightly walking from a distance, watching the adults climbing the stairs while keeping an eye on the accompanied woman.
The group reached the top of the stairs, as they directed their sights onto the shoji.
"Silin."
The woman's eyes shut for a moment.
"... yes, Fara?"
"Master Fara is falling deeper and deeper in her own dreams..."
"W-what?!" Her eyes reopened widely.
"Don't reach the room in a haste! You must behave as if nothing is happening right now..."
The woman's focus pulled her towards the opening shoji. Sweat bounced out of her head.
"Why should I not hurry up...?" Silin rose her eyebrows.
"Because it will make my big bro even more worried..."
"... wasn't that something that the normal Fara would say?" Silin drenched her forehead, as she felt her heart beating her chest relentlessly.
"I'm evolving again, Silin... and so do you."
"No way!" Sweat dominated her forehead, as her hands went in front of her mouth. "I-I want to be myself...!"
"You are not evolving in the same way I do... how to say it... ... since I'm evolving, my powers improve with me... and so, you are also receiving said improvements."
"I-is it true...?!" She swallowed silently.
"Yes, it is. In other words, the core Silin shouldn't change... I am the only one who is evolving for real."
"Phew!" Silin held her breath.
Another woman twisted her head towards her, as her right eyebrow rose. Silin caught her sight...
and she responded with a slight grin.
"... you are getting worried, Silin...?" The woman's eyes squeezed a little.
"Not at all!" Silin giggled, as her posture lifted so much, she went on her tiptoes!
"... can you still talk with Fara's subconscious, yes?" The woman took a deep, silent breath through her nostrils.
"S-sure I can!" Silin nodded three times, as she rubbed her clasping hands.
"Calm yourself! Please!"
"I-I'm tryiiinng...!" She was stumbling a-
Suddenly, Silin regained her balance and her hands began moving more naturally. The sweat on her head suddenly disappeared...
"It's true that I'm worried... for Fara and her brother." Silin showed a shy, yet piercing stare.
The woman smiled at her.
"Master Fara is wise, Silin." She shut her eyes. "You can expect her finding a solution..."
Silin nodded, before looking at the last shoji who was behind two leading Inkling adults.
"... ah?! H-hey, what's going on?!"
"I'm sorry, Silin... I had to take control of yourself." Her eyebrows went up. "That way, we were able to avoid all that needless attention..."
The shoji opened widely.
"But why we shouldn't let him know?! It would be worst, if"
"We can't talk about it, Silin... it's too late!" Silin pushed her own throat down, for a moment. "We are about to meet with the others!"
"Where is-aaaahh?!"
Silin had her focus already pointed at Eri whose hands grabbed Emi's kimono and her irises were shrunk and aimed over the woman.
The group bended themselves down on the ground, touching the wooden floor with their bare hands.
"What are you doing, you imbeciles?!" Eri threw her right fist up in the air, as she growled at the whole group. "She is not Silin!"
"Sh-she is, Eri...!" The leading man rose his posture but not his knees. "Fara's alter ego evolved Silin into a grown version of herself..."
"That's impossible!" Chie, who was just walking in between the twins, frowned at him. "Our sacred ancestors never spoke anything about evolutions, since the unconscious is just our own soul... they can't grow, they can just experience life!"
"I thought you would caught up to the situation, Chie..."
A woman rose from her bending posture, smiling a bit while lowering her eyebrows. Her eyes shined.
"This is not your ordinary soul, Chie..." She snickered. "This is the soul of a Master... it has been known for years, that Masters are the ones being examined the least..."
"Masters have a soul just like us." Chie rolled her eyes. "They"
"Don't roll your eyes on me, lady!" Suddenly, the woman's face went red, scowling a lot. "You who were trying to save your twins' reputation with a last-ditch excuse!"
"I used common sense." Chie lowered her head, frowning as well. "By the way, keep your voice low, Shinaty."
"No one is shouting." Shinaty snorted, as she folded her arms and lifted her posture. "I'm expressing my views."
"You are attacking me, not expressing your own opinions." Chie thrusted herself forward, as she-
Eri and Emi stood in front of her older sister, almost pushing her with their small glove-like hands.
"Stand aside, sis..." Eri whispered. "Leave it to us...!"
"Ha!" Shinaty lowered her eyelids, as she smiled again. "How transparent they are"
"Quit it." One of the men rose, as he turned over the talking woman.
"Oh come on!" Shinaty waved her arms up and down, as her frown returns. "How can you defend the concept"
"Are you seriously trying to dedicate our time with your pointless bickerings?!" The man threw his arms. "One of our Masters are in danger! How can you think of those pointless facts, when you know such emergency?!"
"Alright, alright." Shinaty brought her irises up, as she waved her arms in front of her. "I will shut myself and send a complain to the Owner."
The man twisted his back, focusing back on Silin.
"Can you talk with Master Fara?"
The woman closed her eyes...
"Are you sure you know what to do...?"
"Trust me. I know." Her eyes reopened. "Watch this, Silin."
The woman made herself past everyone, approaching the sleeping Fara who was under her futon's sheet. She stopped in front of the futon.
Her hands slowly went in front of her shut mouth... her eyes closed again... she took a deep breath...
Hun was sneaking more and more towards Fara, while keeping his eyes on Silin.
Everyone else had their minds completely concentrated onto the woman.
"... big bro..." Silin whispered.
"Fara?!" Hun dashed towards the woman, as he grabbed her shoulders. "Fara!"
"Don't... grab... me..." Silin stumbled a bit.
Hun rose his hands, carrying them away from the woman. The remaining adults bowed down again... joined by Chie and the twins.
"F-Fara..." Hun held his mouth.
"Big... bro... ... your... heart... ..." Silin lowered her head, as her arms were waving like seaweed.
"Wh... m-my heart...?" Hun clenched-
All the sudden, Silin's left hand palm landed onto Hun's chest, as the boy almost gasped with his wide-open mouth.
"... ... your... heart... I... ... I need its aura..."
"Y-you can have it!" Hun nodded. "Anything to make you wake up!"
"... your heart... is... not strong enough..."
"NO!" Hun walked in place, as he breath-
"Big bro... ... you must follow her..." Silin slightly tilted herself forward. "And I... must follow you..."
Hun's mind was expressing several thoughts...
"Help... her... ... your heart will be... stronger..." Slowly, Silin nodded. "Its strength will... wake me up..."
Suddenly, Silin fell on the floor: voices blasted in shouts, as Inklings either ran towards Silin or they ran after the exit!
"Faaarraaaaaa!" Hun had his hands below Silin, while raising his head.
His eyes were shut, as a tear slid away from his left eye.
...
...
...
"... should I wake up, now...?"
"Yes, you should. See? It was easy!"
"... why you said that, Fara...?"
"I wanted to put Master Hun in the mood of saving us, without letting him know about the hurry. Thanks to his heart, I regained some strength... but it's not enough."
"You want Hun to follow Mirii around...?"
"Yes. His heart will grow so strong, it will grant me the power of consciousness I need in order to wake up. Of course we must be near them during the moment..."
"If you are implying that I should be around them, when they"
"Of course not. We just need to be around when his heart is exploding with pure energy... and we must be quick, before his pure energy expires..."
"... ok! I will do my best, then!"
"Wake up, now..."
"Sure!"
Silin's eyes blinked twice, before fully reopening. She rose her posture, noticing furniture surrounding her. An Inkling woman had her knees bended on the ground, as she was simply smiling at Silin.
"You woke sooner than expected..." The woman closed her eyes. "If you feel to sleep for some more, then please do... it's past midnight, anyway."
"... I think I will do..." Silin stretched her back upwards, while her arms went diagonally up and her hands clenched. "... what just happened, though...?"
"You fainted and we grew worried." The kneeing woman downturned her mouth for a bit. "We waited for three hours, before you woke up..."
"Shouldn't you let you know about it...?" Silin instinctively noticed the shoji sitting on the left side.
"I will." Slowly, the woman stood up from her bending stance.
"Wh-where is Hun...?!" Sweat bounced off Silin's head for a moment.
"... he is..." The woman began thinking about it.
In the meantime, Hun was standing in front of a closed door. His right fist bumped against the the door...
The door opened, as Mirii leaned from the opened door.
"Hunley...?" She yawned loudly, quickly covering her mouth with her right hand.
"M-M-Mirii..." He inhaled the air, as he puffed his chest. "W-would you..."
Mirii tried to keep her eyelids up, but they fell right back down...
"... w-would you like to s-sleep with me...?" He blushed a lot, as he swallowed visibly.
...
Ink fell off Mirii's nostrils, as the girl also hit her back.