Rumour has it once a witness gets promoted to the top 20, they are told about the truth about the Shadowhunters in their initiation ceremony, right after they remove the stone of shame and before they attach the stone of triumph.
Aren't the top 20 witnesses a bunch of too fearful kids as to be able to endure an authentic Shadowhunters initiation ceremony?
Because there have also been rumors that this is the real reason they are trying to convince us that their main and only important task is to merely process and validate blocks and not try to also fix what needs to be fixed so that they can be capable to continue processing and validating blocks.
Oh yeah, perhaps that explains why they love so much to "work" in the dark. Because this way they hope avoid projecting shadows that could frighten them to death.
Rumour has it the Shadowhunters are the closest thing we have to Jedi's and they are responsible for the mysterious drones flying over New Jersey. You are getting mixed up between the witness initiation ceremony and the shadowhunters initiation ceremony. They are night and day. Literally. The Shadowhunters one is more like a Mortal Kombat finishing move.
Oh yeah, probably. Maybe because after all, the early "Ninja" stake & luck of the top witnesses won't last forever if they are unable to correct what needs to be corrected, right?
And they won't have any chance to stop the climb to the top of the Shadowhunters' Jedis after their memorable and devastating Mortal Kombat finishing move.