Talk:Moss Prophet/@comment-35244907-20191212200532/@comment-11504220-20200309031523

Not really. It's pretty obvious what he is referring to. Especially in context with this quote from the devs: "However, the memory of Radiance lingered (eg the statue at Hallownest's crown) and soon she began to reappear in dreams and starting exerting influence. The King and ​​​​​​the bugs of Hallownest resisted this memory/power and it started to manifest as the infection."

He specifically chooses the words "distorts" and "plagues" us, two words that happen to literally describe the infection - infection that they chose to make visually obvious on the character as though to show its relevance to the dialogue. I agree that the "theory" that it is somehow a natural side effect of suppressing the light rather than intentional distraught brought about by Radiance is baseless and honestly a really stupid way to interpret this line. But that is what causes the infection in that it is what motivated the Radiance to spread it.