"I can't help close it," Merrill warns, even as she follows. "Not without a shard. But if it's too large for you to close, then we'll at least know where it is and can go get others to help."

It's perhaps more than the original mission, but it's important. The Viscount will be pleased either way, and they can't let a rift just sit out there - or let possessed dolls sit out there, either.

A bit of spiderweb crawls across the rocks they're passing. Merrill grimaces and carefully picks her way around it, refusing to let any of the sticky material touch her bare feet.

"Spirits and spiders. Lovely."