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I honestly never considered the possibility that Maria had anything to do with fixing Shelly. I think it would have been beyond her capabilities. I always figured that Nash, or maybe even Hal, was the one who fixed Shelly, considering it wasn’t so much a medical issue with her as it was her metaphysical parts being turned inside out. She wasn’t literally turned to stone like it would be with a Basilisk. It’s more Nash’s wheelhouse than it is Maria, as the problem is caused by sigils, not by a curse or some kind of mutagen. Nash is the one who studies the Libra’s spells, and he seems the most likely to uncover the secret of reversing them.

(I’ll comment more on the institute later, just wanted to mention the Shelly thing first. I do quite like the idea of the Institute so far.)