Gerald and Damien both talk so much shit and for 99% of the books that energy is directed inward in their relationship but I think if they kissed and calmed down they could be So mean to other people together
Geological horror. You find a geode and crack it open and the crystal lining its walls is human blood that can't be genetically matched to anyone. You find a human skeleton but every one of the bones is made from rock, a rock that you know can't be whittled into those shapes. You find layers of clay and loam that sport ancient fossils at the top and the still-rotting corpses of modern animals at the bottom.