"And when I failed the tests he set me, he would punish me in all kinds of ways. One of which involved him locking me alone in the dark for days on end. He had a pit in the back yard, a crawl space under the front steps and a tiny closet which were his favourite places for me, and I never knew how long I would be trapped there once he threw me in. The walls would seem to close in on me and the darkness would whisper all kinds of horrors in my ears."
