An interesting question. There was a ration of defeat in accepting a room key that Percy misliked the taste of. "A drink, so long as my appearance will not be too distressing."

If people frequently showed up bleeding and nearly dead, then this may well be some kind of afterlife. His previous death, he had memories only of Orthax devouring his soul. It would not surprise him in the least to find that this time, he was well and truly in Hell.