It's so that no child has to go through the same pain that I went through all those years ago. I don't know if I've been so successful at that, but... I think that I can be this time.

[ a pause, and he looks up. ]

There are two girls. Layla and Sally. They're twins. Only seven years old. I'm sure you know by now, but the ceremony calls for them to be used as offerings to these things. I'm... afraid that with everyone coming together, I don't know that some of them won't try to use them to ensure the ritual is successful.