Beginning note: I don't own Spirited Away, I'm not making any money off it, and this is all for the funzys.
Ablution - A ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers
Unification
Swallowing the bile that was threatening overturn her stomach, she spoke again, trying desperately to capture the flippant attitude she didn't at all feel. "And what do I have to do to break this one? Step on another slug? Or have you gotten more creative in your old age?"
She swore she saw the witch's eye twitch, and the knowledge gave her a perverse joy; If nothing else, she could be annoying.
"He swore to me twenty years of service in return for temporary passage into the other world. He's only completed eighteen of them. He's mine."
There was a moment of judicious cursing as Chihiro processed that bit of information, but before she could try to form any sort of coherent reply, a string of voices rose over her own.
"He can have a few days of my contract."
"I can spare a week."
"I have an extra month."
And on. And on. The unification of the people she had spent such a large chunk of her childhood with nearly bringing tears to her eyes.
And it was Lin who's voice cut though the chatter, silencing the room. "I have six months I can give him. By my count that makes him free."
Note: so uh... yeah? Hi there. -coughs-