There is a rumor which is suppressed in Hell.
There is a hope which is held in Heaven.
For every soul that goes to Hell has surely met his or her fate, but never
touched destiny. And in Hell they must languish for ever, or until God
overturn the order of the settled universe and bring the darkest places
imaginable to the light.
But some say that a man's destiny may change even as he changes, and that
those who suffer in Hell may yet escape it. If only a man can repent --
truly repent, they say, without hope of release or desire for surcease of
pain -- and know that he sinned, and wish that it had been otherwise, and
perform one selfless act . . .
Why, then, he is no longer bound by Hell.
Some say that such souls are reincarnated, having reached both Fate and
Destiny, and gain a new chance to achieve Heaven. Others say that for their
suffering in that most dire of places, they are released to the Higher
Heavens, beyond the tales of angels whom we know, for they have purged
themselves with a drink more bitter than wormwood, and still sought for
something better. For such a thing cannot be done for hope of salvation, nor
tallied up as if a dozen good deeds will earn the way to paradise. It must
be done from the heart's true desire, an act of selflessness, a thought of
repentance.
But in any case, such souls are not seen again.
In Hell they deny such rumors -- no, they do not even mention them, and the
Game scours them from the tongues of traitors. In Heaven, they believe and
hope in them.
And where the angels gather to sing, they praise the name of He who is
merciful.
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