> Steven Grant is Marc Spector's way of committing suicide, basically

I hadn't thought about it quite like that, but you're right. I was thinking the reassurance was more of the "I'll get the wall up nice and tight then", but yours makes more sense. He's even made a point of trying to "release" Layla before he does it.

And I love the description of the Devourer of Souls you've got there. Yikes!