[Ugh a rebuttal! But Hajime just listens to Fuyuhiko, nodding along when appropriate. It makes sense, and he's not afraid to accept when he might be wrong about something.]

Well, these marks appeared after what happened to the mountain, right? If anything, I'd assume it would be her, since the fog appeared around the mountain itself. Like a reminder that these people are hers... or something. Tanaka's got a point about it hurting probably meaning it's a curse, but...

[Hm. HMM. Rests his chin on his hand to think.]

But you're right, it's impossible to tell right now. Like you said, it could be that the rest of us could end up with these "runes" or whatever, given more time. But if it's pointless to try to think about this right now... what do you want to do, Kuzuryuu?

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