If you can think about your backlash you're probably right, but can you turn location sharing on for the duration just in case?

!! Freedom !! She really wasn't expecting that!

She will happily turn on location sharing, and then open up her maps app to find a thrift store.

There's a Value Village within walking distance.

Then to the Value Village Kani will go!

It takes her a while, but she's able to find herself 2 different sports bras that both fit decently well (she'll want to buy new bras eventually but for now this is fine), some soft skimpy tank tops that should be better for guiding surface area while asleep, and a few cute short-sleeved blouses, one with blue flowers.

She is sorely tempted to use her power on the clothes, just to see what the prior owners were like, but... she promised she wouldn't, and if she collapses and needs rescuing from Gary right after telling him she didn't need it, she's never going to live it down.

Her skirts still fit fine, so she doesn't bother searching for new ones, at least for now.

 She asks the cashier how donations work, and also if she can change into the clothes she bought after buying them.

She can and donations work like so.

Awesome! She changes into her ✨ new clothes ✨ and checks herself out in the mirror again. 

Then she opens her phone to see if she can find an electronics store and/or something to eat? 

Both of those things are available if she's not too picky.

She'd love some boba if it's an option?

 She's not picky about electronics, and will go for that first. She's looking for a nicer pair of headphones than her $15 multi-year-old pair of earbuds.

There's a tea place that has boba, though not a dedicated boba shop with many boba choices. Headphones are easily acquired.

She splurges on headphones, getting something far more expensive than she usually would (the shiny new version of what Mags had), because she just bought used clothes and she listens to music all the time and she's just seen how much money she's making daily and it's like. months plural of allowance(??for cuddling??). 

She's unpleasantly surprised when they TALK TO HERwhen she turns them on - luckily, it turns out to be possible to disable this. When she walks back out onto the street, the she hears nothing but her music at a frankly startling fidelity.

She'll go to the tea shop and get a sugary boba milk tea (mmmm!) and a nice pastry, then wanders back.

Gary is clearly relieved to see her.

She has exasperated teenager feelings about this obviously visible relief! She said she'd be fine!!

But she doesn't make a Big Deal about it, because that would be kinda mortifying (he is Just Doing His Job, she hears Thrana say gently about the nurse that Kani is upset with on their behalf)

...bleh. She'll go flop on the bed, music a bit louder in her ears than it probably should be.

...how long till Epione gets home?

Epione works pretty long hours (with lots of breaks during the day). She gets back to the silo at around 9pm and collects a yogurt cup and a tub of pasta salad and some ham cubes and an ice cream sandwich and unwraps everything and starts working through them, hand out for Kani to hold.

Her professional hand-holder (now with shorter sleeves for better guiding) is ready to do her job! 

Oh good, then -

- Epione will get through the first half of her supper before she closes her mouth on a spoonful of her strawberry yogurt and her eyes go very wide -

Perhaps unfortunately, Kani is not watching Epione eat, because That Would Be Weird (she's not supposed to stare at hot people) and is instead scrolling her phone. 

Then she will be surprised, probably, when Epione wrenches her hand out of her grip and collapses out of her chair onto the floor, bawling like a toddler to begin with and getting worse when she hits the ground, curling up into the fetal position, and presently weeping tears and running snot?

aaaa yes she will be!!!

Kevin help she's having a breakdown what should I do???

oh no, she's going to get a bad grade in professional hand-holder,

Give her a minute to catch her breath - if she doesn't do it voluntarily eventually her autonomic reflexes will do it for her. Once she's breathing more regularly get in there and touch her, gently but firmly. Gary can help if you have more questions, I'm off work.

"AAAAAAUGH," sobs Epione.

Okay thanks sorry!

Concerned teenager floating nearby (but not too close! too close could be bad!) and (wait, don't project emotions, that's bad!) pretending to look at her phone while listening intently to Epione's breathing!

Eventually Epione gives a great big gasp and settles in for some lower key weeping.

Okay, okay, that's Her Cue.

She puts her phone on the floor and moves in to attempt a hug, slowly and within line-of-sight so Epione is not surprised by this. (She's here to help. There's no need to be afraid of her.)

Now she's got a sobbing Epione, not resisting the snuggle.

That's fine. She's helping just by being here - she can feel the backlash ticking away. She shifts slightly, increasing their contact area, and doesn't make any noises.

("I want my mom..." Thrana had sobbed, and before Kani could process this, they'd added "w-w-which is fucked up, my mom is mean! b-but this hurts so bad," and then she'd gone back to wailing wordlessly in Kani's arms, a feeling of horrid emptiness filling her heart as she struggled with how hopeless she felt against the force of her best friends' life-rending misery)

She keeps her eyes closed, trying to focus on the guiding and let the memory flow past her without getting lost in it.