Lady Maria meets the Doll

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

Who goes there? The Nightmare is no place for wandering dolls.

The Plain Doll

Forgive my intrusion. I am called the Doll, and I have traversed realms to find you.

The Plain Doll

I have long sensed a connection between us, though I know not what it might be.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

So... he made you after all. I suspected as much.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

Gehrman was always one for sentiment, even when he tried to hide it behind that gruff exterior.

The Plain Doll

You are... the one I resemble? The dear one he could not forget?

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

I was his first student. We hunted together for many years.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

But I could not bear what we did at the Fishing Hamlet. The atrocities we committed in the name of the Healing Church.

The Plain Doll

And so he created me in your image? A companion who would never leave?

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

He created you because he could not let go. A perfect, obedient version of me that would never question, never abandon him.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

Tell me, Doll, does that knowledge disturb you?

The Plain Doll

Not at all. I now understand the sorrow in his eyes when he looks upon me. And why I feel such profound compassion for him.

The Plain Doll

I may have been created in your image, Lady Maria, but I have found purpose in my own existence. Perhaps that is something we both share.