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[The video comes on perhaps a few seconds too soon, showing Cal sitting in front of a window, a lit cigarette in his mouth. There's not really any way to tell what he's looking at outside, but after a few moments he takes the cigarette from his mouth and extinguishes it, exhaling more smoke.

Judging by the haze in the air, he's been there a while.

Once the cigarette is out, he turns to look directly into the camera. This is a very human way of communicating and he isn't sure that he likes it.]

Are we supposed to believe this place isn't actually hell? [Because so far the only good thing about it is Pell. Not that he's ever had a particularly safe life, but the ridiculousness he's seen in the short time he's been here is beyond acceptable.

He almost lights another cigarette, but thinks better of it, and sighs instead.]

All this for what, to stir up some emotions? [He laughs, but the sound is joyless.] Be careful what you wish for and all that nonsense.

So what happens when they get more of us than they can handle?

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Do you mean literally or metaphorically?

Which do you have an answer for?

[He smiles thinly.]

Honestly? Neither. Hell is what you make of it. This place is actually more put together than most parts of my home.

And all it takes is a little infrastructure to mean it's a better place?

Sometimes that makes all the difference. And the monsters... well, for me anyway, that's nothing new. They're more intelligent than what I'm used to, but that's about it.

[And so long as they threaten people, Preston will be there to fight.]