Kill or be killed, then. We either take matters into our own hands or the choice will be made for us with results we don't want. [it seems simple to her to see it that way. they don't really know what the ritual will entail, but they've been referred to as sacrifices for so long that it's ignorant to think it doesn't involve their death. she kind of doubts the cult would care about something quick and painless either.]

The delay in our letters doesn't help. We have to start convincing them sooner than later to make sure there's time for the message to spread, but we can't do it too early and have them stop working toward finding out as much as they can on their side either.