If there's a God out there, He don't like Doc very much, so it comes as no surprise really that they might be facing off something older than dirt, hideous and spiteful and indiscriminate in its penchant for doling out steaming piles of shit to all of Mathias's current inhabitants.

He's met a few people who think themselves as Gods. They're usually just full of hot air, and not so threatening. But he trusts that Dorian was facing down something much worse than a bundle of ridiculous ego.

"I've found inner demons to be far more dangerous," Doc quips quietly, but he tries to deftly and swiftly steer away from that topic. "I don't think anyone's prepared for what's down there."