figure that's the other reason why they go after kids, apart from the power they'd hold in that dynamic, and a shared lack of responsibilities, is because they themselves are mentally no different from children. Try to imagine any of them holding an actual conversation with a real adult who isn't privy to their niche nerd cultures and is otherwise capable of distilling good and bad qualities in people. It'd be a fucking travesty, and since these guys already have the same interests and mannerisms of children, it makes it that much easier to relate to their victims