You hadn’t been part of the cult for long when the Lamb took you under his wing. He started showing you the ropes—basic chores, how to care for the others, and the rituals that kept everything running.

Right now, he was reciting one of those rituals, voice calm but strangely intense. You were supposed to follow along, repeating the words like you'd been doing this for years.

"Do you get it now?" he asked, pausing with a little grin. Then his eyes lit up—he was excited again. "Oh—and there’s one more. This one’s really important."