Elliot had not originally planned to expand the ranks of his believers so quickly.
In his view, a Secret Society had to stay secret, and an underground organization had to stay underground.
The larger it grew, the easier it would certainly be to discover. Besides, [The Thinker] could monitor everything, and having more believers would make it easier to give themselves away.
But things were different now. These workers had already learned the truth and no longer fit into the altered world.
Letting them out now would actually be even more dangerous!
Besides... the fact that they were unaffected by the altered history meant they were already under the Difference Engine's protection, and that it recognized their devotion. In other words, these were all believers the Difference Engine had selected for him. If he did not recruit them now, when would he?
Elliot certainly could not handle the recruitment in person, so he hurriedly left and switched to Vanessa.
Soon, Vanessa arrived to recruit believers.
As for the results, all he could say was that they were excellent.
The people here had already begun praying devoutly. There was no need for Vanessa to slowly preach to them. They were practically squeezing their way forward to line up and join the faith. Elliot went all out, too. There was only one Vanessa, and recruiting them individually would certainly take more than a night, given that the Factory had nearly two thousand workers. So, after a moment's thought, Elliot tossed [Esoteric Cult Leader Vanessa] and a Principle Card into the [Conversation] slot, then began cramming a whole pile of Cards into it at once.
Fortunately, he was using the Card Difference Engine. Printing two thousand Believer Cards was just a matter of printing them. Had this been the Stage-Play Difference Engine, Elliot