[...Well. A utilitarian solution, certainly. Ethlyn's wanted to avoid actually incurring injury on anyone.]

We would have to take a great deal of care in trying that. It's harder than people think to do that precisely unless you know the right sort of magic. [And Ethlyn unfortunately doesn't--just the healing staff. But perhaps others are better equipped.] I don't think anyone in the Arztenritter does--possessed or not.

[She knows Marianne and Noel are both infected by this thing, and she doesn't yet know what to do about it.]

I haven't been able to convince anyone, not by words alone. This creature is more powerful than any one person.