Frowning, Arialla stared at Samuel with undisguised doubt and suspicion.
"This is not a bad place, you say?" She waved at the area around them as if its badness were self-evident -- which, in her eyes, it most certainly was. "I can't imagine where else this could possibly be, except hell. And if this is hell, then I suppose you must be a demon."
The idea only renewed her hostility, but then she thought about it a moment and relented: "Or a fellow lost soul. How did you end up in hell, I wonder? What did you do?"
The idea that Samuel might have deserved imprisonment in hell -- as she most certainly did not, in her own opinion -- made her wary again.
"I'm not exactly here to sight-see," she added, though to be honest the idea of getting away from this terrible place to another, less terrible place sounded quite appealing. She just didn't trust the idea that there were less terrible places available. Presumably everywhere in hell would be terrible, wouldn't it? Some even worse than this one, although, as she glanced at the Spire, she knew she didn't need the warning to stay away.
"This is not a bad place, you say?" She waved at the area around them as if its badness were self-evident -- which, in her eyes, it most certainly was. "I can't imagine where else this could possibly be, except hell. And if this is hell, then I suppose you must be a demon."
The idea only renewed her hostility, but then she thought about it a moment and relented: "Or a fellow lost soul. How did you end up in hell, I wonder? What did you do?"
The idea that Samuel might have deserved imprisonment in hell -- as she most certainly did not, in her own opinion -- made her wary again.
"I'm not exactly here to sight-see," she added, though to be honest the idea of getting away from this terrible place to another, less terrible place sounded quite appealing. She just didn't trust the idea that there were less terrible places available. Presumably everywhere in hell would be terrible, wouldn't it? Some even worse than this one, although, as she glanced at the Spire, she knew she didn't need the warning to stay away.
