"I can take care of them for you and it won't even cost you anything. Not for ten whole years."
"Will I get in trouble?" Bela asked.
"If you want to make sure, it will cost you something up front."
"What?"
"The original deal would be that in ten years, you would die and go to Hell, so I could get your soul. If you want to make sure that you're not punished, you can still live for the next ten years, but I get your soul now."
"What would it mean to have no soul?"
"No big deal."
"OK."
A/N: That would explain a lot, wouldn't it?