why am I doing this?
A especially nasty torture employed by the Spanish inquisition comprised of the victim being tied down and having a metal cauldron fastened over their stomach. The cauldron was filled with mice/rats/ferrets and then slowly heated from its base. The heat drove the rodents into a frenzied panic whereupon they would attempt to burrow out through any soft material. Being surrounded on all sides but one by metal, they would begin to burrow through your stomach. You can see why the church got its witches and warlocks.... A particularly sinister addition to this torture of the psychological pain of the victim, who knew that in order to make the inquisitors stop, he/she not only had to admit their own heresy ( whether true or not, under torture it doesn't matter), but also had to "confess" their friends as heretics & witches, dooming them to the same fate... humans are truly masters of evil.