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As the Michis reached out, Acid Drop mirrored them, reaching out her own hand to meet them. 

[color=00aeef]"Mm. You're right."[/color]

The first of the Michi strands made contact, wrapping around her wrist.

[color=00aeef]"And it's because I'm hollow that I can hold the feelings you can't handle."[/color]

More of the strands wrapped around her hand, upwards along Suika's arm as if they were trying to rip it off her body.

[color=00aeef]"On Tsubomi's behalf, I'll tell you something. You couldn't have stopped it. You never had a chance, or a choice."[/color]

Suddenly, it was as if Suika had been replaced by something else. To the outside world, there simply was Acid Drop, wearing upon her face the most natural of smiles.

[color=00aeef]"You've done well. You can rest."[/color]

Having chosen what might be her last words, Acid Drop's hand clamped down on one of the Michi strands. She didn't want to hurt her any more than she had already been hurt. She could only do one thing, regardless. The entirety of the emotional buildup inside the rainbow haired Dark Girl was poured into Michi, an overwhelming deluge of emotions of all kinds. 

At first, there was no direction, no planning. If she had simply done as Hizuki asked, maybe it would have worked. Maybe it wouldn't have worked. But regardless, she believed one thing for certain: forcing Michi to want to be friends right now was not a long term solution. She'd rather take her chances with overwhelming her.

But as the magic flowed through the Michi strands like a poison, Acid Drop heard a knock. 

[color=00aeef][i]Mm. Tsubomi?[/i][/color]

...

Ah, yes. She still had to take care of Tsubomi. Most of her reserves had already been sent through the wiring of darkness that Mr. Banana sat upon. But with her newfound mental capacity, Suika had enough time to change the last of the emotional payload into something more... peaceful. 

It wasn't apathy, nor was it happiness. It was simply... a cocktail of contentment, of satisfaction borne by various simpler emotions.

It would have to be enough.