The puppet once again braved the winds and waves to return to Homeloss, and it seemed a bit frightened—after listening to the puppet's rambling and embarrassing description, Duncan's eyes widened in shock.
"Disappeared? Vanished into thin air right before your eyes?" Duncan looked at Alice in disbelief, then turned to the lifeboat that had just been hoisted next to the ship's railing by the winch—ropes that had been used to tie up the Doomsday Preachers were still on the boat, but the Heretics who had been bound were nowhere to be seen.
"Yes, yes! Just like that, gone! Without a sound!" Alice gesticulated as she explained her bizarre experience to Duncan, "The moment sunlight spilled over, they vanished, as if they never existed..."
