"The glass eye can destroy flesh. I've never seen it used, only its victims. The razor shatters glass. The ashtray causes dissipation." 

"Dissipation?"

"Only rumors, you understand, but I've heard it mimics the effects of decomposition or other kinds of slow wasting on any target." 

"Are they sped up?"

"I suppose I left that ambiguous. Yes, they are. Rumors, of course. Very few people can get up close to study the more violent effects."

"Do you expect this organization to have these? What's the nature of the sort of destruction they tend to cause?"

"The results frequently look like human bodies that have somehow imploded, their bodies caving in."

The Sheriff wordlessly hands Yeong his sketch. 

She looks at it.

"That doesn't sound like any of those Objects..."

"There's also the pen, which microwaves things. I suspect we're dealing with some kind of combination, or creative use." 

"How long-range are we talking, here?"

The Sheriff clears his throat.

"We've only ever seen situations that we can attribute to them on the scale of a room about the size of this kitchen." 

"The ideal case then would be if they were on the second floor or something so we could shine the flashlight under them and have them fall through..."

The Sheriff's sketch indicates a large warehouse, with two levels. The second floor only covers the back half of the building; they'll be spotted coming, if they try the front entrance.

What about not-the-front-entrance?

They'll be unable to see either floor well, but can easily target the second floor.

"Did they give a time?"

"Tomorrow, by three." 

"Will they be waiting all morning?"

"Apparently. I guess the key is worth waiting for." 

"Twenty four hours is common in hostage negotiations, the time is needed to arrange everything. This is a bit unusual, since they were assuming you had the key." 

"I'm wondering—and I believe my son is, too—how guarded the place will be at the moment."

"Possibly less, but they're assuming the key is in his possession. They don't know about our other objects, so we'll need to make heavy use of those."

"And whatever other resources we may have at our disposal that they might not expect. Do we have reason to believe they will keep their end of the bargain, and do we have reason to not treat this as a standard hostage situation?"