"You figure out a way to open a door without murdering hundreds or permanently traumatizing them, my people'll back you to the hilt." Nia inclines her head. "Problem is, in this world, those are the only things we know of that are supposed to create that door. In theory. That's what these apocalypse rituals we're stopping are. You build up enough sacrifice of one kind or another, and that's what twists the world, turns it just close enough to what these things want that they can maybe break through the barrier."