“Bravo! Your ability to pay attention for more than 30 seconds fills my heart with happiness! That bomb I had implanted in your head is now permanently diffused, so you have nothing to worry about…” "....until now!!!" OW! What the hell! (The ouroboros on Mammon’s hat sprung to life and bit you on the arm. You can feel venom coursing through your veins. This is pretty terrible.) “Entonces, los chicos! The venom you were injected with reacts specifically to your performance on my tests, so I hope you have come prepared today! An excruciating death is a great motivational tool! So then, let us go over your next exam.” (Somehow this situation feels only slightly more extreme than what you’re used to.) “Because the theme of this class is about philosophical purpose, the exam will be a verbal response to my question. If you do well, I’ll give you this antidote in my tassle. Ahem, so then…” “You stand before two diverging roads. One path to leads salvation and immense profitable gain, but at the cost of everyone you ever loved. The other is a treacherous road that leads home to your loved ones, but death is almost a certainty. Which is path will you choose?”