Talk:Bodyguard of Lies/@comment-26131697-20150224195755/@comment-25869525-20150225014603

Well, 97 years, and they've only gotten their population up to almost 400 (before any deaths as a result of Season Two), would tell me there had to be a good deal of inbreeding going on. Let us not forget, those "almost 400" people also includes children and the elderly, who are not in what we'd call "breeding age" So, 150 to 200 at most, comprising the Mt Weather gene pool. The typical Mt Weather inhabitant's family tree isn't branching out so much now, but starting to look more like a braided rope, just intertwining among itself.

Or, maybe it's a culture of obedience ingrained too deeply. Generations of always "check with your superiors" leads to a lack of being able to think when that chain of command is not available. By this point, they might be totally lost if unable to contact a superior as to what they should do upon completing defecation.