Unless I missed it, this exploration doesn’t touch on what I think is of critical import: what were their parents and childhood like? It really sounds they wer

Unless I missed it, this exploration doesn’t touch on what I think is of critical import: what were their parents and childhood like? It really sounds they were disturbed, possibly mentally unwell people who became drug addicts. The rest would fit. All in all I think the story is considerably less weird/mysterious than it wants to portray.