
It’s quite obvious who the author favours which makes it being a love triangle baffling? That’s why the plot is off and going in circles. Author wants to long it out with TJ as long as possible. Not that i hate his character i just think it’s obvious the bias in the writing so why wasn’t he just the main love interest? Makes reading it jarring either way its time to get rid off one love interest and let the story move along. It’s boring now.

Why did they bring in a new sacrifice? The current isn’t being eaten anytime soon. Seems like the family has gotten too comfortable. The little ghost trigger me arghhh give me shivers.
Hopefully this season actually tackles all the mysterious so we know wtf is actually going on. Im guessing Lord Mugo was originally human and his grudge towards whoever led him to change into the snake thing but it fractured his personality so his like a Snake deity with DID. But i think the mysterious Mugo is actually the main personality because why else would he tell a sacrifice how to avoid being eaten.

How does a person go from no empathy to empathy in the blink of an eye? That can happen?

Typically when people don’t have empathy, it’s because they haven’t endured something yet or they’re too stuck in their own world and themselves. Yes, empathy can be given to someone in a blink of an eye when they learn to truly care for others. It’s kind of like one of those life lesson moments when you realize something that gives you a different outlook on life.
I’ve seen it happen before.

However, a person being a criminal later developing empathy in a blink is the rarest in the world (example comes from very fewwww serial killers, gangsters).
Generally, what happens in the background is that they had always been that person, it's just that part didn't shine (forced down by themselves or other). But, we aren't given one moment in his childhood that he had qualities.
Such a good short story, i hope the author releases more work.