"I like to think it helps me a fair bit. At the very least, it tells me things not to do with most youkai, since that's pretty much all the same. they're walking hang-ups." She laughed a little darkly and shook her head. Hangups were basically why they existed after all.

"The old stories miss the mark sometimes, but they give you the idea. Like how a bridge princess is the way she is because of jealousy, so don't make her more jealous." Fat chance with Parsee, but whatever.