Well. We certainly learned that thing can be sadistic.

[ this octopus

but, less dead inside ]

I was thinking so, too. The description isn't off, if we're thinking about hell - and, honestly, I used what Gideon told me about yours when we first interacted with it, to try and see if I couldn't attempt to befriend it, but it didn't even remotely work.

Those paired with our adventure last week, and the one that Tuuri went on - it does seem like things are escalating.