"I am aware of the infection," Kaeleth said, the vibration of his voice carrying a note of weary disgust.
"My organization's current methodology is failing against that density," Celestina said. "We operate on surgical precision: identify, profile, and eliminate."
"We kill them in the shadows, ensuring our existence remains a myth. But surgery fails when you are dealing with a tumor that has already claimed the entire organ."
"If we continue to pick off targets one by one in Aethelgard, we will inevitably trigger a coordinated response."
"The reincarnators will realize they are being hunted, they will unite, and they will burn my organization to ash."
"And the destruction of your organization would create a cascade of unmanaged anomalies," Kaeleth observed. "The wound would fester beyond repair."
"Exactly," Celestina said. "Which is why I need to stop treating them as individual targets."
"I need to treat them as a contained system."
