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Alright, let's do a checklist.

We paid for the motel room in cash. We didn't use our real names and we threw our phones in the east river.

You shaved your mustache, I dyed my hair, you look like you're 10 and it turns out that I am a gorgeous redhead.

And? There aren't any mirrors in the room. Our shoelaces are untied and as far as I can tell, we weren't followed by any animals.

Alright, it'll have to do.

Do you want to look at your notebook again? Double check. See if you missed any of Dad's rituals.

The only ritual that prevents scrying would require one of us to have had children. I have checked and checked again.

You okay?

Not particularly.

We could quit. We could stop pursuing the police.

Nick, you know that's just not an option. It's not on the table.

Why not? I know.

It said that we couldn't stop once we started. You don't want to mess with shit like this.

And I vomited up the goat heart and I... I survived.

Perhaps it's best to cut our losses and simply move on.

This has been an enlightening experience but this world is more dangerous than I anticipated.

So... what?

All this was for nothing?

No.

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