Hana had taken some time to properly dress herself before returning to where she had left Crone, who was resting by a window.  She had changed into a pink t-shirt with a design of a deer on the front.  Over the shirt she wore a grey hoodie and a pair of black leggings.  Her usual messy mop of short hair was properly brushed as well, finally leaving her looking less tired and frazzled.  The shower was supposed to help her space out and let her thoughts wander but she couldn't keep her mind off of the curse.  Crone was just as unhappy as she was about the forced lip contact.  Unfortunately, that was the reality of things and they had to work with what they had.  She figured that there were other ways to access his powers, but they were stuck with just this one for now.  Hana made a mental note to find every book in her study about curses later tonight and find other ways to get his powers back...hopefully one to lift this curse entirely.<br/><br/>Hana snapped out of her thoughts to see Crone standing up from his chair, his gaze glued on the garden outside.  She noticed how serene his expression was and almost felt bad for entering the room and drawing his attention back to her.  Her eyes locked on his as she took a few steps closer.  It had crossed her mind while she was drying her hair that she had acted brashly during their earlier conversation.  If she wanted to keep her aura under control, she needed to verbally communicate her feelings to Crone.  She couldn't afford to let her emotions build up like that again.<br/>Hana leaned against her kitchen counter and took her eyes off of Crone and focused on the floor.<br/>"Sorry...about my attitude earlier.  I was all pissed off and stuff..." She muttered the last part and looked back up to him.  If they wanted to get through this, she had to try and communicate with him effectively.  "I'm not happy about any of this, but I know you aren't either.  So I'll do what I can to fix this" she said, a more determined tone to her voice as she looked at him.<br/><br/>With that off of her chest Hana felt a bit better, like a small weight was lifted off of her.  Although, there was still a mound of problems to take care of.  First they needed to discuss this curse of theirs, then she could figure out what to do about this weird new demon boy living nearby.  'One step at a time....'.<br/>Hana turned her gaze to the garden Crone had been focused on earlier, one of her hands wandered to her hair and twirled a piece of it around her finger as she tried to think.  "So...we know that lip contact can temporarily give you some of your power back.  Not much else to go on for now.  All I can guess is the longer the contact is, the more power you get back" she explained.  The facts were plain and simple, but as to why these were the parameters set was still a mystery.<br/>"I read somewhere that curses are weird and have certain rules to them.  Maybe we need to make lip contacting because of some past emotional trauma?" she threw out some ideas to see if Crone could maybe elaborate on them.