Originally Posted by Stabbey
This will leave us, the Godwoken as empty shells, Silent Monks. But here's where I get lost: Why WON'T that also happen to literally every living being on the planet?

Actually, just remembering, didn't we have quite a lot of evidence that the silent monks weren't simply a result of having their source drained but because of the use of the rather charmingly-named "mind maggots"? I mean as well as the chap in the Fort Joy cells spelling it out, there was also the woman you could attempt to heal in Act 2 as well as the jars of the horrible things, as well as the tell-tale scars on the foreheads of all of the monks.

I admit I'm still waiting to do my second full play-through so I may be missing something obvious, but it seems that draining the source from someone is just a part of the process and may not really be all that significant. Though admittedly that doesn't quite explain the few wandering souls.

J'aime le fromage.