If you were only in need of test subjects, there would be no need to bring those from different worlds here rather than just using the Filial. Unless, of course, there is some reason you cannot use those from this world.
The obvious conjectures would be that you are testing our responses to stress or seeing how it affects our bonds, but as you said to think hard... conditioning us, perhaps, to make use of us in another manner?
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