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NTA but, he wasn't literally controlled, he was more so pushed into believing her was doing something grand for going along with it and listening to her, so it's more like she manipulated him.

The process of invitations is purposely made to make the people who are given the invitation to want to come, even if the risk is too great, either due to their own greed, or books that coincide too much with stuff they need in the moment, or literally just their job duty or whatever. Angela tries to fool herself into thinking the system is fair, but the story shows the guilt pilling up.