[wakes up]

Where am I?

[raspy voice]

The Pit of Despair! Don't even think... [coughs, clears throat, continues in a normal voice] ...don't even think about trying to escape. The chains are far too thick. Don't dream of being rescued, either; the only way in is secret. Only the Prince, the Count, and I know how to get in and out.

So I'm here till I die?

Until they kill you, yeah.

Then why bother curing me?

Well, the Prince and the Count always insist on everyone being healthy before they're broken.

So it's to be torture? [Albino nods enthusiastically] I can cope with torture. [Albino shakes head enthusiastically] Don't believe me?

You survived the Fire Swamp, so you must be very brave, but no one withstands The Machine.