"What a goddamn atrocity!" Elijah exclaimed before reaching into the iron cage and slapping Finn across the face.
"Smack!" The sharp sound echoed in the basement, interrupting Finn's mechanical repetition.
Finn was stunned for a moment, then his body started to struggle as he exclaimed excitedly, "No, don't save me, kill me, kill me! They are all demons, devils! Kill me, give me relief..."
"..."
"Brother, don't waste your effort. This young man is scared out of his wits!"
"Scared?" Elijah heard the voice without panicking.
He first punched Finn, knocking him out, and then strolled over to the iron cage from which the voice had come.
Inside was a man in the same condition as Finn, only he looked more disheveled, with a beard and messy hair.
His clothes were filthy and torn, his legs scraped clean down to the bone, with the remaining flesh grotesquely growing back.
