It matters. Kat won't let herself believe that it doesn't, because she knows that the moment that happens, they've lost. The only way to win is to keep fighting, even if this seems insurmountable, even if they seem to be losing. Marcus is still in there, and just as he wouldn't give up on any of them — as he didn't with Casey, who walked away as alright as she could have because of him — they're going to do the same now, her and Dan and Sam and Neil. She won't downplay the danger here, but she also knows that demons are a lot of bravado, that they like to hear themselves talk. It's fucking annoying.

"Wow, what a cliché," she says, rolling her eyes. "Black rotten soul, ooh, I've never heard that one before."