Frankly, [ an incredulous huff; not at blake, specififcally. the silver tears coulld fuck themselves just as much as the wardens. ] it's worse, but you're closer with the latter.

[ there's little of a good thing to connect a cult to. he knows what he dreamed before were too vivid just to be dreams. he still has nightmares of being strapped to an alter when he wasn't whithering in a pit. ]

They've sacrificed their own, forced transformations . . . There's reason to believe it.