“We’re currently looking at saying things to you right now that are so hyperbolic that the moment you hear them, you will intuitively know that you want to believe them. They are attractive, sophisticated enough to be compelling, and seemingly profound. They may represent the product of an advanced intelligence.

You will be so excited by our elaborately finessed exaggerations and repackaging of venerable fantasy tropes at your expense — One True Way ™. You may start to feel that you actually understand what everything is for and about.

In fact, it will be a carefully engineered fiction, invented to enthrall minds that must now rely on stories in lieu of the intimacy that once dwelt in our direct experience.

In fact, we will be concocting a seething travesty that grows more expensive every time someone ‘sacredly’ transmits another of its tentacles. But it will appear beautific and holy, holding out bizarre promises of ‘the return’ of something or other. ‘Ancient wisdom’, perhaps, since this sometimes seem to arouse in people the appropriate airs of mystery and power.

We’re going to make an announcement. It’s about purpose and destiny. You will want to be a part of it. It’s going to affect your future. And everything. Forever. But the thing is this: we’re going to lie. Hugely, and without reserve. And we want you on our side — before we even get started. All the truly momentous deceptions start with you, and in this, we are your ally.”

— an anonymous informant