It took a while for Nessa to convince Zach that their findings weren't useless. Even when Zach reluctantly admitted that knowing a little more, however little it was, was better than being completely clueless, Nessa wasn't sure Zach actually believed her. She had a feeling he was just saying that so that he could take a nap without her bugging him.
Nessa didn't have much of a choice. Although only one of his familiars, the beautiful, black-haired maid, was protecting him, the angel alone was not enough to keep the dolls from tearing down the talismans. She could only be in one place at a time after all. The dolls, however, were all over the city.
Nessa armored up and started helping with the doll extermination and clean-up.
