Psychological pain is believed to be an inescapable aspect of human existence. "Bad faith" is the paradoxical free decision to deny to ourselves this inescapable freedom. In the story, Mater finds himself in an inescapable predicament. Lanser becomes increasingly restless, haunted by an inescapable sense of impending doom. The sense throughout is of inescapable oppression. "Albatross" is a metaphor used to describe a constant and inescapable burden. The Ragnarok story suggests that the idea of an inescapable fate pervaded Norse world-views. Philosophers and religious thinkers have responded to the inescapable reality of corruption in different ways. Buddhism accepts suffering as an inescapable experience, but values happiness and thus values life. This led to high unemployment rates among black people, making impoverishment almost inescapable. This could be the effects of millennia of inescapable rule by the tyrannical Weaponers. The Stakes of Purgatory are described as being inescapable. Alone once more, Evan absorbs his perceived brokenness as inescapable ("Words Fail"). Others simply focus on the inescapable sweetness of the character. Quinn wakes up on 'The Colony', an inescapable, invisible penal institution island for secret agents.