[ John is not the guy to call him out on looking insufficiently troubled by death. Honestly a breath of fresh air that he's not getting frowned at about it. He leans in over the table like a conspirator, dark interest in his eyes. ]

She was not a very nice nun.

But it won't be an easy shakeup, when it comes. [ You'd think you could kill an ocean the way you kill a planet, but no; whatever Mariana is, she's the wrong shape for that. She's too much a monster and too like a ghost, and John knows when he's met something he can't take in a fight. ] Not all Pthumerians are made equal, mind, but the big ones are very big.