Mira slowly started descending past the 500th step, but every step past that point became increasingly more difficult and slowly but surely, Mira was starting to lose her mind.
How can she not lose her mind though? These stairs are basically forcibly injecting thoughts into her mind with the sole purpose of making her go insane!
"Why don't you just stop here and get some rest?"
"You look tired, are you sure you can keep going?"
"Why do you want revenge on those who have wronged you? Wouldn't it be smarter to just die here so nobody can ever control you like they did before? You would be able to fulfill your wish of eternal rest!"
"You are trying so hard and for what? There might not even be something at the end of all this!"
"Maybe taking a break is exactly what this place wants you to do. Wouldn't that mean that you could possibly be doing these torturous trials for all eternity?"