"I'm not saying they were the best way to be spending my life, but I wasn't torturing people. I was approached by Saul who asked me if they bought my repentance. I said yes and... I didn't really join them as much as I joined Saul and did what he told me to do. I didn't know then that they were going to decide to make me the guardian of some...underground fucking fortress. The Guardian of the Gate has to be locked down there too."

Peter had turned white by this point. "For how long?"

"Five years," Daniel answered, looking at his hands.