"OK, you got stabbed in the heart.  That wipes out the 'maybe you're alive' angle, but the rest of my comments are still valid.  You CAN afford a slave girl, right?  If not, that'll blow the whole plan up in our faces.   Sure, winning challenges to escape is a good plan, but there are ways to make Hell less hellish.  She waved her demonic tail where he couldn't miss it.  I should know."