Lenore agrees that it's best to keep a close eye on the situation in Istanbul, and the two problems are both within the Ottoman empire, so it's still largely possible that they're related.

Once Alucard sets down the device, Lenore stays quiet and waits. She nods once as he looks over to her. "I know."

She gives him a few minutes, turning her own gaze to the fire. When she glances back, she keeps her hands in her lap, curled back into her chair and pressing her spine into the cushion more than before, like it's a shell to protect her. "You'd need far more than a few moments if you'd seen ... the in-between part. The cult activities were awful, of course, but what follows the rainbow ... strains one's sanity. The viewfinder within the sphere is only a recreation, but that's still enough. I do not recommend viewing it, and if you must, do so in the deepest, most trusted privacy. I couldn't stop sobbing and vomiting for hours, to give you some idea of the reaction it evokes."

Shuddering, she reaches for her goblet again and takes a large swallow. "What I saw was a sort of ... sentience. So alien that even to call it a god feels like diminishing it. I don't know if it hungered or desired destruction, or if its presence alone was enough to turn the world to ash."