They served to remind Cabal - should a reminder ever be necessary - why his social skills were so poor: people were loathsome and not worth the practise.

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The lack of social skills in the Cabal is a a key plot point in a lot of the novels. It’s a running joke through out the series. The Cabal live in a society where only the most popular can have children, so they have to hide their lack of social skills from the public. While the people in charge are very good at hiding their faults from others, they can't hide it from themselves. So, this little fact becomes a running joke among the Cabal members.

Source: Johannes Cabal The Detective

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