[Who says it can't be both? Poor guy would probably start the Gods of the Furthest Ring in the face and claim the horrors were just painted on the black expanse.]

Good thing my string hasn't snapped by now, or we'd have a really big mess on hand when I got yanked again.

There's a whole list of people this place keeps claiming and tossing back. It's like fishing only a lot more annoying. [Not that he's ever fished before.]