I understand. I've thought similar things myself before--that the one good thing about Raijuu, Shuten, and Abi and all of the others being gone--is that they're not being tortured.

But I think--that's just something we tell ourselves to try to ease our pain. It's a different kind of suffering to be separated from the people you love--to never know when or if you'll see them again. And there's not really any real certainty that the program they've been moved to isn't also equally or more cruel.

And worse--this place has shown that it has no difficulties finding more souls to fill the empty seats left behind.

[ And that's why it's so important that they get this to stop. ]