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>There's an ending like that? I've beaten 3 scenarios and all of them were just the two partners talking to each other. I've also skimmed the endings in yt and none of them seem to feature Satori.
I misremembered. It was no ending, but the extra story.

Furthermore I misremembered the exact details. This can be taken either as active or inactive. She couldn't see, and while there could be an implication that she tried to, it doesn't mean anything. My other points about her looking for minds to read, though, do stand.

Anyway I'd argue it's not different necessarily. Sure we don't know how it works, but not even all of our organs as humans have direct functions. Our lungs will process oxygen automatically, our ears will hear regardless, but parts of our brain control how we act, and parts in our pants too (more eunuch comparisons, but given the similarity of "a desire to do something versus an actual need" I think it's worthwhile. If Satori NEEDED to read minds, she wouldn't seclude herself. As it stands it's just something she feels she must do).

Again on yamabiko, Kyouko's ability to reflect danmaku isn't necessarily tied to her "ability" to echo. In fact I'm pretty sure they aren't. One is a thing she's capable of, the other is a thing her species does as a trait. Her "ability" (really it's just a reflex, or something; like wolves howl when others howl) is just something that she does as a youkai created from the idea of "what exactly IS an echo?"

Also again Satori's ability is hypnosis (not clear how, but yes this is in Grimoire of Marisa and is described explicitly as hypnotism, though yes it is to bring out something she's looking for since memories aren't surface accessible), and I wasn't saying she copies danmaku from reading, but was more bringing up "she can see danmaku in your head for christ's sake, how the hell could we possibly know what she 'sees' when looking into someone's mind if she can even 'read' something like that?" It was more of my point that a reading metaphor, or even a seeing metaphor, were kind of useless. Without direct statements it's entirely speculation what Satori sees when she looks into someone's mind.

>She's more mocking you than she's compelled to do it. Satori likes being what she is.
This I just don't agree with. She's not being mocking here:
>Marisa: Huh, huuh? Well, okay.
>I guess I'll just have to beat her and search the house.

>Satori: "She can read my mind?
>That has to be some kind of trick."
>"If that's true, she can tell what I'm about to think."
>"Kappappa-, kappappa-,
>taking a big bite out of Kyuuchan cucumber-"
She could've stopped before the kappa song, but repeats it because that's what the satori of myth do. They don't mock you, they just repeat to you what you're thinking. She starts reading minds aloud for no mockery any time she meets someone. I am not pushing anything. You can say it doesn't seem like her but she is proud of what she is and has no qualms about doing what she does, like most youkai.
To quote myth:
>People are said to meet them while walking along mountain paths or resting in the mountains. Upon reading a person's mind, the satori would say the person's thoughts aloud faster than a human could.

Yuuka is supposed to seek out humans and scare them. Instead she does not. Rumia is the same. Both will indeed act like animals, but youkai are supposed to actively find targets and spread terror. Doing otherwise "isn't right". As for spell card rules I MUST disagree. No, the rules were meant to preserve their nature while not allowing that nature to bring Gensokyo to ruin via destructive battles or the widespread death of humans (which allow them to exist). They still spread fear, humans are still afraid of them, but now no blood is shed (unless they're outsiders). Youkai, generally, only have to scare people and even while coexisting they do that. As far as we know, very few NEED to eat humans. Just vampires, and they only need some blood. Otherwise they eat humans because, if I remember right... they're tasty? I think that's it. And, the threat of being eaten serves to fear.