They had a common enemy though -- same as ours. That is, if the cultists got 'em. ...I can see them killing Death for working against them, but Aventurine was a sacrifice.
It could be the cult became aware or realized the four were trying to help us, or... someone did suggest this could be part of the sacrifice ritual method, but that doesn't make as much sense with what we've been told.
[ was the two months a lie? ]
One by one.... Usually, a collective grants more power at once.
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I don't know why either Mr. Aventurine or— Death? Nehan? Why either of them had to meet such a fate.
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They had a common enemy though -- same as ours. That is, if the cultists got 'em. ...I can see them killing Death for working against them, but Aventurine was a sacrifice.
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[ was the two months a lie? ]
One by one.... Usually, a collective grants more power at once.
no subject
That's what I figured too -- if not, then why kidnap forty people and make 'em live together? Easier to just go out and kill forty people then.
[he narrows his eye]
...Or maybe they haven't sacrificed him yet. We only saw his body briefly -- we have no idea if it was really him or not.