I expect us to have a similarly nauseous reaction when we meet other grief controllers for the first time.
I'll be voting to keep a tight grip on our emotions and control when we meet Nodoka, for example, lest we instinctively rip away all her grief to make wings before we get a hold of ourselves.
I wonder, would other grief controllers also have the same problem as we do? If so, we should warn Hatsumi Nodoka that she might experience nausea and an instinctive desire for control when our grief gets in her range.
Depends on the wording of their individual wishes, I'd imagine. Not every grief mages wishes to control grief; some might want to take it away, or redistribute it.
Barf bags and Hugs for everyone.
Before we get into YAHS, something to point out, perhaps as the most important point:
So far our canvas of other Grief control powers mentions no other girl with any projection functionality. Sabrina works to a scale, or perhaps method, unlike the others. The sort of conflict under discussion therefore is literally not possible? This might be one of our possible answers.
Nodoka moves Grief from Gem to Gem, maybe in and out of Grief Seeds if she is more generalized. In order to set off our (W)issues, she would have to be able to hold Grief outside of a soul, or at least release it from containers / control. Is there any support for this as the truth? When a cleansing of the traditional sort, from Soul Gem to Grief seed takes place in our range, how does it feel? All of Nodoka's Grief should be inside someone, or herself, except during transit.
Would we make her nauseous? The better question is likely "what does Nodoka feel inside a barrier? Or when our power goes active in her range?" Nothing? Grand Mal seizures?
We would be best to find a way to get along well. If she has any perception powers, her ability is already valuable to our agenda. If not, we will change her life for the better another way.
In a more general sense, I would like to think about a society where formal introductions are possible, and it becomes a normal point of etiquette to state one's wish. It is bond of trust, and equally a gesture of disarmament, exactly analogous to a handshake - applied to Puella Magi. It is a step towards reducing combat encounters. Related?
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-origin-of-the-handshake
*Yet Another Highlander Scenario
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I would be entirely unsurprised if it clicked at any given moment.
If all Sayaka has in her life is gossip, Homura will likely give away all the clues, leaving Sayaka to decode them at leisure. That is not true, fortunately. The more time Sayaka spends on her individual concerns, or helping her friends, the less that will happen. Once she encounters the Witchbomb, there will also be a pause where discovery can't be expected. Ultimately, I'll say you have odds trending to 100% over the next 30 days.
Partial agreement.
Actually, reading over the vote, I'm not seeing anything in there that actually addresses that Sayaka is close to figuring things out. That seems like a pretty glaring oversight, especially when we could be talking to Homura about how she wants to handle the possibility of Sayaka figuring things out on her own.
If we put the talk in a context of "At her current rate, we expect Sayaka will be able to guess parts of your past sometime in May. She won't hurt you, her friend." I think we have done the best for Homura. We have made the possibility visible, but not as threatening. I don't think she has a rational notion of life past the battle. We want to get her to develop that capacity, so her rebound is less.
