The Bridge
Gaslighted
Have you ever been isolated? Lied to? Betrayed?
While you thought you were dealing with loyalty and affection–instead you were staring at a mask of sanity invented to hide deceit.
Then you have known a Sociopath. You have known THE DEVOID. You have seen THE HOLLOW.
There are few things more repulsive, or more difficult, for sentient people to understand.
Deep at their core, The Devoid are not capable of feeling anything beyond their own needs. Even love for their own children is a pathology, born of self-admiration. In their children, they see only themselves, and so their children are raised to become Finger Puppets on a mission, mirror images of parents who have no empathy beyond their own self-admiration.