"I'll keep this brief."

Thanks Shiro. There was a lot to unpack there. So much that it's going to take a while to comb through it, think it over. But - one very important thing sticks out.

"Can we use your ritual, or a similar one, to keep one Pthumerian out of Trench?" We all know who he's talking about. "Or is this an all-or-nothing ritual?"