"Who made these things, anyway? Some of these 'powers' are pretty messed up, and all of them are weird." 

"Kreutzfeld mentioned there was a theory that they all came from the Room, but no one knows where it came from. Except it clearly came from the seventies."

"I'll have you know this is firmly within my tastes for interior design."

"I meant chronologically, based on the dates on the things and—" he gestures at the phone.

"Is there anyone who might know? You said it was expensive to get information- who are we getting it from?"

"That guy I got the information about Scott from. He tracks but doesn't collect objects."

"Sounds like a smart guy. Should I meet him?" 

"...I'm not sure you two would get along, actually. But I mean, if you want to, sure."

"No, I'll trust you on that. Go ahead, get this show on the road."

Key, door, Room, door, Kang.

He looks up from his computer.

"Kaede, glad to see you're alright."

"Not quite. My mother's alive but in some sort of magical coma. I need to fix her."

"Did the knife fail?"

"No. She's alive. She's just not awake."

"There are other objects that are supposed to heal. There's also the magnifying glass- gives access to dreams."

"—dreams? Like, I could see what she's dreaming?"

"I've never used it. My guess based on what I've been able to hear is that it gives access to memories. What I'm hoping for is some way to combine it; combinations can get really, pointlessly powerful-exactly what you need."

"Okay yes that sounds good. And that vault you mentioned?"

"Collectors. They once had all of the objects, and tried to combine them with the Room- I don't know the details, but things didn't work out. They might all be dead, but rumor has it their vault survived."

"But you don't know where it is?"

"I think I've narrowed down its location. There's a prison-"

"I can probably help with this one. Only one of us is made for field work."

A woman steps out from the back room.

"You! You shot my mother!"

And he lunges at her.

She doesn't fight back. 

"What. Are you doing."