Susato opens her mouth, probably about to protest that she already keeps a dream journal, and takes plenty of notes when the first SMACK is heard. She can't decide whether the one crying is trying to fool her, but she doesn't have much time to ruminate on it. She visibly flinches when the fighting breaks out, though her hand automatically reaches forward, meekly trying to get their attention.

Luckily they come back around. Regression stories... World travel? Past lives? It seems like her next visit to the Tree of Stories will be fruitful indeed.

Guess what, she's cheating again.

> leave them
➤ try to comfort them but not very hard
➤ press for more

She follows their circling with her eyes. "Th, There, there. There's no need for tears," she replies. There's a pause as she tries to process everything she's just heard. Gosh, how does she even continue? "Are there any stories in particular you would recommend? Are we to take inspiration from them--a clue hidden within, perhaps? How will we know if our connections are strong enough, whether it be to our own world or this one? A, And, the baubles--"

Wow, there sure are a lot more questions than she thought. She has to catch her breath.

"Their magic is used to pull items from our worlds into this one. It only stands to reason that we should be able to use them to strengthen our connections... isn't that so? Maybe I should keep holding onto them..."

OR MAYBE THEY HAVE ANOTHER IDEA?