Humans don't. They're as good at blindly following orders as angels are. Just look at any war they've ever fought.
[He's...he's not going to able to leave any time soon, is he? He sighs and settles himself at the other end of the bench, one knee crossed over the other.]
I'm going to tell you a secret. I don't know how it works in your world, but it's probably similar, if you really look at it. Everyone ends up in Hell because of their own choices. I have nothing to do with it. I don't come in to the picture until it's time for punishment.
[And yet he gets the blame for all of it. It all comes back to that infernal Garden.]
How did I do it? I just realized one day that I didn't want to follow the path that was set out for me. I wanted to choose my own.
[He's quiet for a moment.]
Even after my Fall, I still didn't really have a choice. I just ended up doing his will in a different place.
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[He's...he's not going to able to leave any time soon, is he? He sighs and settles himself at the other end of the bench, one knee crossed over the other.]
I'm going to tell you a secret. I don't know how it works in your world, but it's probably similar, if you really look at it. Everyone ends up in Hell because of their own choices. I have nothing to do with it. I don't come in to the picture until it's time for punishment.
[And yet he gets the blame for all of it. It all comes back to that infernal Garden.]
How did I do it? I just realized one day that I didn't want to follow the path that was set out for me. I wanted to choose my own.
[He's quiet for a moment.]
Even after my Fall, I still didn't really have a choice. I just ended up doing his will in a different place.