Death and near-death are both difficult things for one to wrestle -- unless you knowingly chose that end. No one is expecting you to accept everything now, but you are not alone here. I would like to hear your story sometime if you'd be willing to sit down to a class of wine and tell it. You give me the distinct impression that not many people have listened. I'm both a Warden here and a former Inmate, myself, and I assure you that beyond your status as an Inmate and what that implies for all persons who arrive just as you have, I am completely ignorant of your situation and the world from which you come.

[He nods toward him]

Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade. Most call me the Marquis. You said your name was Erik Lensherr. Am I remembering that correctly?