All the while he kept monitoring her situation using psychometry. As he suspected, it feels like the other Oichi's consciousness has been put to sleep.

That was another way to solve the problem. With things as they are now, it was unlikely that Oichi will lose control again.

Hyoubu draws her close, placing his free hand over the back of her head.

From the start he had no intention of forcing her to face the past. If that was what she chose, then he would have helped her. If it wasn't...then he would help her to do that.

It wasn't a perfect ending, but she was happy and maybe that was good enough.

"Are you hungry?"