By the end, Beliel is on his knees, his empty eye sockets shut tight and his teeth clenched. There’s shock, but there’s anguish too, even though he volunteered. They all volunteered. But I’m sure that’s little comfort. Everyone else is making it out of the Pit and leaving him behind. To suffer alone for what will seem like eternity to him. Alone and unwanted. Probably for the first time in his life. I run through the litany of his crimes again as I ride my hellion into the gate that is Beliel.

