[ She would like to know if it's possible, and the best way may be to simply stay perfectly silent and let the woman stumble through loss or victory on her own. Then again, if she's the sort of woman Vanessa has pinned her for, being told she can't do something may only encourage her. Not that Vanessa herself would relate to such behavior, of course.

One is reluctant to share such as the things she had done. It took quite some time for Ethan to learn, and that had been for the sake of necessity. ...So what, then, do you call escaping this purgatory? She understands the benefit of working with others, but she has also seen how terribly it can go. No other is like her.

No, she is no witch. What would an exorcist think of the nameless thing that she is? ]

I would be interested to find out, if you happen to be successful in fending them off.

[ Of course, ]

Though my greatest hope is to escape before we need to make such discoveries.