You can't fight an entity that doesn't exist in reality and is literally the manifestation of fear. People aren't going to stop being afraid of the dark, or of death or of... rot and infection.
That's one way of putting it. The attack by living worm hives and stopping world-ending rituals came as a surprise. I'd expected more of an... office job.
[ She abruptly coughs on a laugh, looking bemused despite his chagrin. She wonders if he's met Bruce yet. The sentiment sounds very familiar, at least. ]
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Most people don't know anything about them.
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[ She gives him a curious look, wondering how he knows of them. ]
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[And y'know, apparently serve eldritch abominations from outside reality with varying degrees of knowledge and willingness.]
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[ It's not something she's ever heard of, but neither is this manifestation of pure fear. ]
What do you do with this Institute?
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[Which sounds less impressive but is better than 'I am literally a monster and had to stop the apocalypse'.]
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Something happened three years ago?
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Also the previous Head Archivist went missing and was found dead several months later because she'd been murdered.
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Sounds like a dangerous job, despite being an archivist.
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Let me guess. You didn't read the fine print.
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[Not his fault that the contract bound him to the Institute and to the Eye.]
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Okay, so you just didn't see the fine print, then.
[ There's always fine print. ]
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