What I think? I think it is most assuredly dangerous. And I worry about these "strange societies" too. It sounds too much like conspiracy, and we should be wary of all sides concerned. Where I come from, it's easy to learn not to trust too much in any one thing or another.
But I won't let Badr go down this road without someone capable to look after him. So I mean to stay with him. For his own good, if nothing else. He is still my cousin—somehow.
I believe in the crystals over the priesthood, I always have. After all, the High Priest is still just another human it was the crystal that chose me, not the High Priest. Though I do not disparage the old man for doing his job. Badr is wounded, he is perhaps looking to place blame anywhere right now, except on his family who fled with the shadow. So I mean to keep close watch on Young Song.