Dolls? ... Oh yeah, I remember hearing about that.

[ He was busy spiraling down in his pain and blight during that time, and only barely coming out to pretend things were fine. Otherwise he just stayed shut in his room, watching videos, or going out and sleeping with his god's followers. Normal things, y'know? ]

Sure, that fits. They could only store so much energy in a single crystal, for how many they'd probably want to target. You know it's gonna be a pain in the ass if each one's guarded by some god with a shinki and random people.

[ Especially if they keep running into the crystals to avoid having to give answers. ]