[Attacking it physically doesn't seem to be working! Atsushi is at a loss, but he's also very bad at giving up. Maybe if they split it into a thousand pieces? But won't it just become a thousand more copies?

He stands close to Pidonus, glancing at her as she makes her theory.]

You mean like the Rumors we heard about? Maybe we just need to outsmart it.

[But how would they do that? They don't have time to change whatever Rumor is controlling this thing, do they? Magic is so hard to deal with when you don't understand it-- oh wait.]

Dazai-san! If I distract it-- Can you reach it?