When Virgil first encounters Dante, he asks him why he won’t climb the hill “shawled in morning rays.” Dante does not answer, though. He is too ashamed. After hearing Dante’s response, Virgil knows that Dante is in no position to climb the mountain.
This is divine love, though.
When God will not help you ascend, He will help you descend. When God will not help you rise, He will help you fall.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 