Eda can't quite keep herself from tensing up as the shadow-creature moves back into the street, even as things click into place.

And a lot of things are clicking into place. The things that are off about the town, the scale of the figures that keep harassing them, the attempts the block their path, the sticky-tape...

The size of the patch confirms a lot, and she feels somewhat stupid for not being certain until now.

"...Is that you, Red?" It doesn't exactly look like the cardinal, but she wants it to be true. And at this point they might be better off taking their chances.