[Oh, he's been here. And he's still horrified by the thing that was awnsering her...]

[Ruin, though. That's a word he's all too familiar with.]

... I'd have to dissagree. If that thing were trying to ruin us, it would start to corrupt us. Like a seeping poison to our souls, their influence would make us enjoy these heinous acts, and if it didn't actally kill us it would have surely ruined our reputations and lives if we ever got out.

What we're seeing here is carefully plotted destruction. Plain and simple.