"Better than what?" she asks when the pause has stretched for far too long.

"Ah," he shakes his head, "well. You don't ... we screen out their transmissions, you know. Everyone knows that. They want us to be afraid , so ..."

"What do they do with captives, sir?"

"... they find ways to use them."

Oh god this is hitting me in the same ways that Magical Girl Mechanical Heart's dilemmas have been hitting me.

Except more horny.

Seeing this and doing it anyway seems like something you would write.

Y'all are gonna go "well look he's done X Y & Z" but did he roll up into Chicago with a tank like he said he would? No. Because he's a total coward who fell apart when people actually resisted his bullshit instead of sinking into "woe is me" nihilism.

He'll show up in the room above them eventually.

I'm going to be using abbreviations for the area name so that if anyone who doesn't understand they don't spoil themselves.

Use a Simple Key to free the prisoner in S. R.

He'll eventually go to inspect the corpse.

(Also read the hunter's journal entry)

Let me know if you want a hint as to how to get the dialogue.

You need to kill them to know more.

If this is what I think it's about, there's an NPC who has something to say about them.

I'm going to point out Magseidolia's mercy hound. It was the first one that came to my mind when I think of religious.

archiveofourown.org/works/65850421

2025 was a year that Bluesky lost it's way, time to correct it. credit to @lyndonhood for these

I just started the manga cause of this thread and wow is the author for either side. Literally doesn't care about the interpretation, just wants to awaken a kink in the reader.