Gertie Collector Network and Bargain Economy

Gertie's power is not only a faith, a hag rumor, or a single villain's trick. It is a bargain economy that moves through grief, scarcity, hospitality, family promises, rescue work, memory, and debt. The Hollow Creed gives that economy a religious language; the Collector network gives it roads, ledgers, agents, loopholes, and places where ordinary loss becomes something someone else can own.