Well from the sound of things, 'God' hadn't bothered to tell Satan he was giving up on Earth for the past 1000 years. (Maybe he was hoping humans
would go back to being blindly obedient again.
As for why Hell didn't notice, here's my guess; when the number of souls going to Hell increased, all the demons decided to start skimming some of the
souls for themselves.
demon flunky/torturer A has been passing the energy of, say, 5 souls/week on to his boss (overseer B). Now he has 10 souls/week available to him. He tells B
that there's been an influx of souls and he now has 8 souls/week and saves the last 2 for himself.
Overseer B, instead of getting 45 souls/week from his 9 flunkies, is now getting 72. He tells Minor lord C that he's now getting 60 souls/week and saves
the rest for his own use.
And so on and so on, By the time the soul energy is being passed up to Satan, the increase, while noticable, didn't look like it had doubled. Satan
probably just thought that humanity had become more decadent and fewer were making the cut for Heaven.
Besides, it's obvious Hell hasn't been paying attention to developments on Earth for centuries.
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would go back to being blindly obedient again.
As for why Hell didn't notice, here's my guess; when the number of souls going to Hell increased, all the demons decided to start skimming some of the
souls for themselves.
demon flunky/torturer A has been passing the energy of, say, 5 souls/week on to his boss (overseer B). Now he has 10 souls/week available to him. He tells B
that there's been an influx of souls and he now has 8 souls/week and saves the last 2 for himself.
Overseer B, instead of getting 45 souls/week from his 9 flunkies, is now getting 72. He tells Minor lord C that he's now getting 60 souls/week and saves
the rest for his own use.
And so on and so on, By the time the soul energy is being passed up to Satan, the increase, while noticable, didn't look like it had doubled. Satan
probably just thought that humanity had become more decadent and fewer were making the cut for Heaven.
Besides, it's obvious Hell hasn't been paying attention to developments on Earth for centuries.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin