Thanks, Charlene.
This got me thinking about those very early letters to his nascent ekklesia.
They are short letters begging for money. The gaslighting and manipulation are subtle, the tone is almost sweet in desperation, written by a monster fully confident in his disguise to a supply still unaware of the hellscape they’ve entered.
The Corps letters are full of rage and word salad, written by an NPD exposed for what he is, furious that his supply is leaving. Furious at the truth. The manipulation and gaslighting are obvious and the tone is angry and mean and desperate.
All these letters read together chronologically show the arc of a relationship between an NPD and his supply.