"Not too long ago, I wouldn't have agreed with you," said Eudial. "But you speak sense. We don't know what the hell that thing is, and this Doomforall fool is almost certainly the key here. The thing is..." she looked hard at Vengeance. "I am not sure if removing Doomforall from those rift things would cause the destruction to quicken. And if it does, well... I'd like to move quite faster, wouldn't you?"

Eudial paused. "Where are the other two? The demon and the cat, I mean. I thought they were supposed to have followed us."