Talk:The Number of Darkness/@comment-26129088-20150713154802/@comment-26030957-20150713161730

Hi, Roman Rage!

Thanks so much for reading.

So, like you said, in the end it is up to the reader to interpret the story for themselves, but, here's how I see it. His black number would most likely have come from indiscriminately killing Native Americans. Ever since his family was killed he has been on a murder spree. He has innocent blood on his hands.

Lots of religious whack jobs flay themselves. To this day it's common in parts of Spain and other countries. They do it to both imitate the suffering of Jesus and to atone from their sins. What I was hinting at was he was trying to atone for his sins. What sins? Well, at the end of the story Bethany says she will name her son Michael after the priest, so it looks like he might have given in to their demonic sexual advances.

Also, priests or monks flaying themselves is also just plain creepy. Ever read that book or see that movie The Name of The Rose? Or read Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov? But my favorite by far is Monty Python's the Holy Grail when the monks are walking, chanting, and smacking themselves in the face.

I'm glad you noticed the Tuluwat Island Massacre being caused by demons, that was my understated creepypasta twist.

I'm so stoked you enjoyed it. Thanks.