Your nit picks are always welcome. They let me fix typos (and sometimes even logic holes), and I hate those pesky things. Thank you.

Combatting the curse--well, at the moment, she has no idea how to do that. It's already started to take effect, so it can't be just erased, so now what? I suspect that once she gathers some allies (or they gather her), your question will be quite the topic of discussion.

As to late--you found it less than two days after I posted it, that doesn't seem so late to me. :-D