In my defense, Seneschal is usually a single person's title, not the name of a collective group. For that matter, the term used for the entire hierarchy of the Church is 'the hierarchy', 'the Church hierarchy', or 'the bishops'. Why are they using a singular title?

I meant that Ogden should just say that he has no idea how they're going to find Axis' father. ('The prophecy works in mysterious ways' is not a plan.)

The mind-tampering in my spitefic is partly the Sentinels, partly long-term exposure to Axis since, well, Axis isn't really a friendly person.