Madam Darkshade Continued

My most Despicable Marah,

I heard that that enemy has already found him a prized pupil within the congregation. This cannot be overlooked. This scrupulous creature has been trying to keep their spirits afloat and encourage them to stay focused on their real enemy. He dares try to unmask and expose us!

You cannot avoid him any longer. You must make him believe that his efforts are futile, falling on deaf ears. Get him to see that to try to uplift those mindless grungies would only drag himself down. He must think that he is too good for such fools and can certainly be used elsewhere.

I know you, Marah, and you are most certainly focusing your efforts too much on that fool who declared himself as leader of the pack. Let him be. You would be surprised at how long pride can impact and influence a grungy. To them, it is an insatiable leech that assuredly consumes peace and contentment.

I cannot stress it enough. Do not allow light to be shared among the congregation! If you are unable to get that wretched joy bringer to leave, then play upon his weaknesses. Just as an untreated wound brings about infection, so with the right temptations, you can and hinder his testimony and render him useless within the congregation.

How, you may ignorantly wonder? Coddle him with thoughts of self pity. Let him be like that ugly, bearded prophet who hid in fear from the delightfully diabolical queen. Depression and self pity laid heavy on him as he whined over his failures and how no one else was serving that enemy. It was a wonderful sight. Get this man to believe that he is alone in trying to unify the congregation. He is the only one who cares about that enemy's will. Few realize that pride and self pity are two sides of the same coin. Understand that countless grungies have fallen into a deadly despair, not because of arrogant confidence, but because of egotistic sympathies.

Your Most Radiant and

Shrewd Grandmother,

Madam Darkshade