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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cavalier973" data-source="post: 5466289" data-attributes="member: 91595">In The Harlequin's Tale books by Bernard Cornwell, the main character in the story gets captured and tortured by Church officials.  Near the end of the torture sessions, the character found himself actually feeling grateful to the torturer, almost as if the torturer were a friend, whenever the torturer let up on the pain.  That kind of idea--of the tormented being psychologically damaged into feeling amity for his tormenter--I think lends depth to the evil being conducted. On another note, I've heard that the Mafia keep certain towns (Lexington, KY, is the one I heard about) off-limits to any crime, so that their mothers will have a nice place to live.  Maybe Zacris has something like that--a "safe zone" where the people living there think Zacris is some sort of great benefactor.</blockquote>