Oh, so now there were more players involved in this? He'd originally assumed that this deal was between him, Raphael and The Lord but now... it's a bit more complicated.

Now he could begin to think of explanations as to why the talk of reneging on the deal kept popping up. Outside parties with an investment in keeping what Hell had in Hell.

No wonder no other Alastor had managed to complete their sentence.

"Folks don't set up walls for no reason." Time to try a slightly different approach.

"What I got up is there because it has to be, no other way around it."