[He turns his head to look at her a spark of anger in his eyes. It dies quickly as he puts a hand over his face, his tired voice filling the briefly tense silence.]

Did you not listen to me before? If the Mastermind dies, the next is selected from the survivors. The ritual needs a highly magical person that's used to shaping power.

It has to be Zange. ...Rose is a seer and as close to a god as you can get outside of Zange. If you want to have a talk with her check the hospital. She hangs out by a nurse station or the morgue. Don't ask me why, something about keeping her honest.

[Likely it's just Rose screwing with people. He prefers not to know what statements like that mean.] Anyway, that's what I know about the ritual.