He nodded once, solemnly and recited a passage from Virgil.

"Facilis descensus Averni: Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est."

The descent to hell is easy. Night and day the gates of dark Dis lie open. But to turn one's steps back and to see again the skies of heaven, this is hard work, this is effort.

He chose the downward path long ago.