Oh Hell. He's broken her.

Crozier crawls forward quickly and tries to get Kate back onto her feet before her legs freeze.

"He's not evil," he replies, once more responding to something just in her head. "He's a man with a quick tongue and a half-clever mind, and he has little regard for people he thinks aren't worth his time, but his obsessions are real. His affections."

God, what has Goodsir been telling her? Little? What have they been telling everyone else without knowing?

"There was a creature. Did Harry tell you that, about the creature?"