::sigh::
of relief?By the way, this couple was nesting in the gap beneath the roots of a giant tree that was hundreds of years old. In other words, even if one yukkuri sat in the entryway, there was plenty of room to pass by. Reimu hadn't taken that into account.Fueled by Reimu's anger, the assault continued for several hours. Sanae endured it--to protect her dear children. Even when she felt like throwing up her filling*, she clamped her mouth shut and desperately endured.
"Yuu... [Sanae] can take quite a bit... [Reimu] is calling it quits for today! [Reimu] will continue tomorrow. ...And don't run away... Sanae..."
With that, Reimu set herself in the middle of the nest's entrance and went to sleep.
Reimu's actions had finally made Sanae fear for her life, so she waited for Reimu to fall into a deep sleep, picked up her children, crept past Reimu trying not to make a sound, and set off into the midnight forest.
* In Japanese, it specifically says "bean paste filling."