"Has anyone ever gotten out of here before?" Or is that just a clever promise to keep them obedient?

"Ah--" The weirdest thing? "I'm not sure. My life is very weird... I travel a lot. I get into quite a few weird situations, I suppose."

He pauses, looking around. "Being sent to Hell? May be the strangest by far."

But more importantly-- "What sort of things did you deal with back home? If you wish to talk about it, of course."