Noriko is relieved when she hears the rumors circulating around town, none of which implicating her. The more obvious display of the god she unleashed likely drew any and all potential attention away from her. The joy of this knowledge offset when she learns of all the damage that been wrought as a result of the disaster...Noriko feels personally responsible for it.<br/><br/>She is glad to see the old man's shop is still standing when she arrives, badly beaten as it was. Walking inside, Noriko almost jumps when he gives her an unexpected translation of the song that the Wills were chanting. She grows wide eye. "Tell me more. What does that mean, 'defining soul of the eclipse child, Desirous Soul of Gaia'?"