It just occurs to me that I really like the precursor music which starts to play everytime someone is about to pull the string. In this episode, the song even gives Ai's speech a lot of weight and made me realise that Ai always reminds the person whom she gave the doll to pull the string only if they really want to clear their grudge. While she doesn't say that there is an alternative to it, by using really in her sentence, she indirectly implies that the person can actually forget about the grudge and move on with his/her life. By pulling the string, the character will make a tight-clad contract with Enma Ai. Because of this, it's not a decision which should be made lightly. However, because Ai's words often come across like a fine print, the characters often ignore it and doesn't really consider the implications thoroughly before pulling the string. This is probably one of the few episodes where a character actually thinks about it thoroughly.
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