The Gate of Hell

My goodness the descent down here seemed to take a while.  However, my dear readers, Dante and I went through the Gate of Hell!  This has all become real now.  Once we entered the gate, Dante saw the opportunists inside the gate and began questioning everything it felt.  He wanted to know who they were, what souls were there, why they want to cross so badly.  Dante asks as many question as a young child, or at least it seems to be that way.  It is still early in our journey.  Today, Dante got to meet his first "person" in Hell, which was Charon, the guy in charge of taking the souls across Acheron, one of the rivers in Hell.  Trying to convince Charon to take us across the river was very difficult but I ended up being successful in convincing him.  During our ferry ride, an earthquake occurred which made Dante faint, so I had to take care of him.  Safe to say that its going to be a long journey if Dante faints every time he gets scared or thrown off guard.  I am worried about this journey for Dante's sake.  To me, he seems to be a little weak emotionally and mentally.  I guess time will only tell... until next time!