Accidental Surrogate for Alpha
Henry continues, “I had my team working all night trying to parse this phrase, trying to figure it out. And we’ve done a great deal of research, so far, on this Monastic Cult of the God of Darkness. And never, in any of our materials – both from centuries ago and today – have we ever seen any of the priests or acolytes ever refer to the God himself as ‘master.’ Instead, he is always God, Father, Dark Majesty – things like that.”
“Oh,” I say, my eyes going wide. I understand but – I mean, I don’t get it. Not yet. Not in the same way that the rest of them do, apparently, judging by the worried looks on their faces as I look around the table. “What – what does that mean?”