Devil
Punish
Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.
Both words in one sentence
- However the devil is still evil, yet everything in between appears to have a limited choice as in—they can act how they want but their side will try to punish them.
Source: Have You Seen My God? - In The Thirteen Clocks, the Todal is "an agent of The Devil, sent to punish evildoers for not having done enough evil." This is the eventual fate of the Cold Duke, who gets "gleeped."
Source: You Have Failed Me -
This is a major part of the premise of Bartleby Tales—God went completely nuts, and almost everyone goes to Hell, so the Devil decided not to punish people who aren't really that bad.
Source: A Hell of a Time
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