The walls began to close in on me and I remembered the hellish pit next to me. I glanced down into the pit and immediately averted my gaze. The stench and the sight were absolutely revolting. “Why?”, I asked myself, “ Why die a long, painful death when I could just die quickly?” The walls continued to close in on me and, soon, I was left with no room to stand. I closed my eyes and waited for the scorching pain to come, but it never did. I opened my eyes to see the walls rush back to their original positions. I collapsed in fear and began to weep. Why must the Inquisitors continue to introduce new forms of torture and punishment? Why must my life end this way? My thoughts returned to my family; my wife and son. They must have been so heartbroken