Elliot withdrew his control from Vanessa. He had long had a feeling that Dorothea, Vanessa, and Flora's Talents might combine to produce some bizarre things.
He would let them research it themselves.
Elliot had a feeling that the three of them might give him a surprise.
He only hoped they would not come up with anything too sinister. The Communion was sinister enough already.
He turned his attention elsewhere and picked up several other Believer Cards from the table.
"Finally found some clues?"
Before him were Elsa's, Simon's, and Clara's Cards.
Well, and part of Dorothea.
They had gone to investigate Elsa's father and Holly. Later, because Vanessa had nearly run into trouble in the Palace, Dorothea had been injured and forced to withdraw, leaving only a few crows to follow them.
The rest of Dorothea was recuperating in the Hearthfire District-and delivering takeout on the side.
Now, they had finally found a few clues.
"Is it around here?"
Elsa spoke in a low voice, turning to look at Simon behind her.
More precisely, she was looking at the coffin on his back.
Yes, Simon was currently moving around in his strange insect form, but he was carrying an unusually small coffin on his back.
The coffin was clearly custom-made. It was tiny, only half the size of an ordinary coffin.
Yet the entire coffin was fastened extremely tightly, with numerous iron bands wrapped firmly around the outside and thick rubber gaskets along the seams at the sides.
On closer inspection, the iron bands outside were actually seamless. The entire coffin was completely sealed.
Want to open it?
It would probably have to be dismantled by force. There was no provision whatsoever for opening it normally.
Naturally, no one could survive inside such a coffin. Never mind its size-with a