[He chuckles.]

You know, I don't tend to find myself in agreement with you heroic types and your powers of friendship and hope often, but that's definitely an outlook that the angels aren't prepared to combat.

I've met monsters like this before. They're certainly creative with their torture, but it helps to remember how feeble they must be to resort to any of this. The fact of the matter? By and large, we're stronger than them.