Within the Walls of Hell by Taniform Martin Wanki

comparing what you shouldn’t. By telling him what you did does not mean that I’m any better. What I also did was terrible.
    William: ( To Stone ) What did you do that brought you to this place?
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    ( Stone does not reply immediately and all three remain silent for a while )
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    Stone: Well, I was a wealthy man too before coming here. I was a farmer who did agriculture on an industrial scale. I forced people to work for me because I did not consider them human beings. I hated them because they were given rights, they looked different, they were uneducated and uncivilized. I personally ordered the deaths of thousands and indirectly caused the deaths of millions around the world through the ideology of separation and hate. I came to learn here that we were all equal and I had to use my wealth to make those I hated what I wanted them to be. ( To Sandi ) That messenger forgot to say that I made so many people that really looked different from me to hate themselves. I made them believe that if they were not like me, they were not human beings. That pushed millions of them to delve into cosmetic pane-biting which of course had very devastating effects. I created an army to spread my gospel of hate to all nations which resulted in the killing of millions worldwide. (Remains in a pensive mood for while ) that was not all, I erected very high fences between me and those I hated so that even their children could not come into my territory to beg. For those that forced their way into my house because of hunger, I had them locked up and fortified my fences with armed guards, wild dogs and barbed wires. At the same time, I used them as my market and exploited their labor. I really frustrated people. . But that one was mild. I was interested in expanding my business and that necessitated more land. So, I seized the lands of the poor communities that settled around my large estates. Those that resisted, I looked for their source of water and contaminated it. That forced them to go and I took over their lands. After claiming the lands, I cut down every tree to make way for the planting of cash crops that would give me a lot of money. There were cries and campaigns against deforestation but that did not mean anything to me. I was a farmer and business man and anything that stood on my way had to be cleared by all means available.
    William : That was really cruel, I must say. Goose pimples would cover anybody’s body who listens to all what you did.
    Stone : There you are. When you listen to what I did, you forget what you did.
    William: Sorry about that.
    Stone : ( face brightens up ) Do you know what that Messenger would have told you if he were here to hear your story?
    William: No, can you tell me?
    Stone: ( Tries to imitate the Messenger ) you are here because you did what you were not supposed to do. You were supposed to defend the poor against the rich, the weak against the powerful, the common man against the government and the exploited against the exploiters. Instead you joined the exploiters to exploit those who could not fight for themselves. You were supposed to use your office to serve and not to be served. You were supposed to use your office to make friends especially with the underprivileged but you used it to make enemies and instead to serve, you wanted to make the people feel how important you were. All your life, you served a well to do minority group against a vast majority you were supposed to serve.
    Voice of the Messenger : You have spoken well.
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    (All three run to one end of the room quivering with fear. They can’t see him but can still hear his voice).
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    Voice of Messenger : Do not be afraid. I am not going to hurt you.
    Sandi : ( To William and Stone ) do you think we can trust that guy?
    William : You can see that we really have no choice. We are completely deprived of rights here. We had rights down there and refused the same rights to others. Since we could not feel what those