Opium?
SPOILER!! (about the ritual)
Nain is actually very depressed so they often do the ritual on him sort of like a reset for all his memories and emotions. In the ritual, they heavily drug nain. Amon doesn’t really understand nain’s emotions so he has this ritual done to make nain ‘feel better’ and to make him forget about his past.
MAJOR SPOILER!! (about the snake swallowing thing)
Nain was mortal once (the guy from 500 years ago) and amon devoured him to make him immortal. he was sacrificed, the priests drank his blood and amon literally ate him (thus why amon says he could only taste the most delicious thing once). nain would have dreams of his previous life and more frequent nightmares about when he was sacrificed. because of the ritual, he forgets about it periodically but it couldn’t really shake the fear off of him.
Thank you so muchhhhh!!
Can someone please explain about that ritual? What are they doing to Shah Nain, that makes him drowsy for days and the guards have to cover their mouths! Plus that bad feeling he got with the snake ornaments and that dream he had about being swallowed by a large snake and him feeling sadness and weeping. Thanks!