"You will have to remain not only until you learn the procedure," Lew was informed, "but until we are sure of you as well. There is a hotel close to here, the Esthonia, which penitents who come to us often make use of. Mention us, they will give you a good discount."
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This is Drave informing Lew of their offer. "Drave" is an archaic preterit of "drive." Drave is also a noun meaning "a fishing trip in which the members of the crew go as sharesmen, each supplying a net and receiving a share of the profits." The fact that Drave speaks for the entire group with the pronoun "we" suggests that they're some kind of communal group acting as one. So what are they fishing for? And is the "net" which each member brings to the cooperative project actually their soul?
"you learn the procedure"
Just this short phrase already sounds too involved for me. There's a procedure for atonement? One with rules which you can learn so that anybody can do it easily by simply following these, say, twelve easy steps?
"but until we are sure of you as well"
It's definitely a cult. Satanic maybe? Hopefully!
"penitents who come to us"
A penitent is a person, like Lew, who repents their sins. How do Drave and his group find them? How do penitents find Drave and his group? Something's fishy here. It's like some kind of magical realism horror movie where somebody in trouble wishes for help and suddenly they're in a magic carnival where the barker is all, "Come inside, come inside! We'll make all your dreams come true!" And then there's a sex scene with some boobies and then all hell breaks loose.
Now you know I grew up watching 80s horror movies.
"they will give you a good discount"
Hopefully that discount is 100% because Lew already told you that he can't pay.
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