"You foolish man! Have you forgotten how they treated you, to actually forsake Ascension! Damn traitor!"
"We were never comrades in the first place, let alone traitors," the man retorted without a hint of regret, his expression somewhat cold. "Even though I am a criminal, I have never abandoned my loyalty to my Lord."
I had come here because of my own mistakes; it had nothing to do with the Lord. I have already disappointed him once, so this time I must make the right choice. Loyalty!
Infiltrating was challenging for Heretics; only those not severely corrupted by the Heresy could manage it. These people had no special abilities. Naturally, to expand their power, they needed to recruit followers, much like a pyramid scheme recruits downlines. But that should happen under stable circumstances, not by stirring up trouble here.
