César starts a little when the laughter starts, then stares after it stops. He manages to start listening partway through at 'Abyssal', shaking his head to clear his thoughts.

"Sometimes evil doesn't need a reason. Sometimes it's just evil. All the better if its victims can be made to suffer endlessly. ... There was a short story and the a video game of a vengeful AI that tortured a small number of victims endlessly back home."