Mary is circling him- circling them both, like she’s sizing up some competition. It makes Klaus afraid, and he finds himself stepping back again, closer to Anathema. He expects Mary to jump him, to slide into his skin and push his mind back into his bones and use his body, his mouth, his skin to make herself alive again.

Properly conjuring? Channeling spirits like that? Terrified him.

“There is an old crystal ball hidden inside the wall of the basement, along with a scrying crystal and two cups of fate in a tea chest. It would be my pleasure if someone who knows what they’re doing would use them. Just make sure not to disturb the Mistress’s amulet- it gives my bones some comfort.”

She turns away, back to her cards, humming some old song, and Klaus nearly feels like collapsing.