C21 Faust's Key

No matter how many skillful slashes the executioner had, he would be able to allow the prisoner to live to the end, and at the end, understand the prisoner's life.

Holly was just an ordinary person. We couldn't stand the guilt any longer. We couldn't stop crying. We kept our eyes on him, unable to move away from him.

Faust, it seemed, was enjoying the fear we were feeling