He nodded. It kept the Exorcists to one Ring, and helped his pardon of all hellborn be upheld. ...Fat lot of good that did, when not only was poor Dazzle killed, but Charlie was moments away from death at the hands of Adam.
"I'm waiting for word from Heaven involving that treaty, though by all accounts, I doubt Sera would want to see this face again if she could help it. I wish I could join those discussions, but..."
He felt cold again. Would they all turn away and remind him of old times? He'd be a ghost again, or humiliated throughout all over again.
He drank more of the coffee. Let it warm him. "It's going to be up to Charlie. If anyone knows what needs to be said and discussed, it's going to be my daughter. As for the Rings, it... well."
He looked up. "You've seen the turf wars. You know the V's, and the other Overlords better than me. They'd love nothing more than to take what they could of all of Hell. And I know Mammon more than anyone- He would drown in so much energy, and-..."
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"I'm waiting for word from Heaven involving that treaty, though by all accounts, I doubt Sera would want to see this face again if she could help it. I wish I could join those discussions, but..."
He felt cold again. Would they all turn away and remind him of old times? He'd be a ghost again, or humiliated throughout all over again.
He drank more of the coffee. Let it warm him. "It's going to be up to Charlie. If anyone knows what needs to be said and discussed, it's going to be my daughter. As for the Rings, it... well."
He looked up. "You've seen the turf wars. You know the V's, and the other Overlords better than me. They'd love nothing more than to take what they could of all of Hell. And I know Mammon more than anyone- He would drown in so much energy, and-..."
Lucifer stilled. No. He was saying too much.