--- Kat ---
A bit more discussion revealed that the girls all wanted to get to the bottom of this. It wasn't about efficiency anymore, it was about sending a message. Of course, while Hedera would never admit it, she was also just happen to do something arguably low stakes. The fact Kat was willing to 'waste time' made it easier to be around the demon and Hedera felt herself starting to relax a bit.
The got right back to testing a few more doors. Various forms of shadow 'enhancement', different placements of Kat's hands but nothing seemed to work. They'd even tried layering on a bunch of soaking wet paper as a sort of poor man's paper mâché. The lack of glue was a bit of a hindrance but things were still going wrong… until Hedera gave a suggestion. It was spoken softly, almost as if she wasn't sure if she wanted Kat and Lily to hear it… but they were both high Rank and right next to her so the whispers were quite audible. "What if we use the broken doors?"
