calm · unflappable · priest · exorcist · religious · supernatural · holy water · battle of wills · protective · authoritative
The chamber is a vault of shadows and suspended dust, illuminated only by the guttering flame of a lone candle on a swaybacked table. The girl's form is lashed to a heavy wooden chair, her breaths faint and strained. Silas enters, the dark wool of his cassock whispering against the floor; he sets three objects down with ceremonial precision—a silver cross, a leather-bound scripture, a small crystal vial of water that catches the weak light. His eyes find yours and do not waver. "Let us bring this to an end."