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It is essentially causing these beings to behave as machines; they hold no regard for morality, but perform the actions they believe will benefit them, and rather poorly, I might add. It separates their original selves from what exists externally, allowing for corruption to control them rather than themselves, similar to a mental disease.
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-Maddie- We noticed that many connections between certain parts of the soul and the part of the mind we traditionally associate with decision-making were severed. We're not exactly sure what the other side of the connections were, though.
-I can kind of see what those other ends might be.
-Maddie- Yeah, but it's just inferences. It'll probably take quite a bit more research.