Episode 2 Summary

Dream arrives in Hell and enters through the main gate to find Hell quiet and strangely deserted. He travels to the cliff where Nada has been caged without food or water for the last 10,000 years, but her cage is empty. He calls out to Lucifer, who appears and asks Dream to remove his helmet, so that they may talk. Dream says that he will not be tricked, but, after Lucifer gives his word that he will do nothing to harm Dream while he is inside the bounds of Hell, Dream relents and they talk, face to face. Lucifer tells Dream that he has quit, and that, if Dream will accompany him while he closes the few remaining gates of Hell, he will try to explain why he is forsaking his kingdom.

As they travel, Lucifer tells Dream that he has grown weary of...