It's interesting how their dynamic shifts after that - the occasional bout of fake jousting, Alastor does finally watch Sweeney Todd and adds it, as well as Little Shop of Horrors, to the rare 'modern musicals worth viewing' list. And even when a little streak of sadism spikes, Alastor's pleased that he's getting the king to bite back instead of sulking uselessly. The man's far more respectable these days, much more worth pausing whatever little work project he was entrenched in to have a spat with.

But another such spat, one day, catches Alastor on a day where underneath that typical mask of a smile, something is brewing. The Radio Demon simply tightens his smile, staring down at the cane that was playfully thrust at him, and lowered it with a couple fingers on the metal apple. "Not today," he replied flatly.