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"Or, you know, Ms. Fushimi might be screwing with us and this passage really just IS a guy trying to make harps out of fish."

Haruka laughs. "You don't seem to understand. The more saccharine and overly deep-sounding our answers are, the higher our marks. School ethics."
Haruka furrows her brow and looks to be concentrating hard.
"Well, in terms of ideas, the fact that overcoming the metaphorical problem entails (in the passage) killing something could well imply some negative connotations. Goah,Gosh, I sound so nerdy."

Heh, knowing her she'd probably apologise for breaking her legs

Plus if she kicks too hard, her legs would probably snap. Also if she fell from a tree.

"They do. Pretty sure that a couple of people do 'em."

"But nobody told me!"
Haruka slumps back in her chair.
"But still, I suppose English can get me places... someday."

"Ha! It's probably a lot more complex than tha,  although I wish it were that simple. I hope this doesn't end up like in Japanese text analysis where apparently the fish symbolises depression or something."

"Ach, there's no context. For all this lovely description, I have no idea why this person is making a... Uh... kantele out of a fish's bone. Whatever a kantele is. How is this fish relevant?"

"Well, no matter. Analysing this is going to be like trying to put out a fire with my bare hands: painful and inefficient. But enough complaining. Anyone have any ideas about some sort of meaning to this?"
Haruka begins fiddling with her hair.

I would cast magic missile, but some Idiot baleful polymorphed me.