Oh, very innocent indeed. Alastor's grin grows at the comparison - a dry red wine, for him? How charming. Did he look like someone that Lucifer wanted to drink deeply of, hmm? There's a deep, giddy joy in this new game, something he's never played before, and had no interest until this particular chemistry.

"Merlot, you say? Did you choose it because of how well it pairs with roasted duck, I wonder?"

Pairing them off in your mind already, tsk tsk! Alastor chuckles.

"Were I to compare you to something pale... why, a wheel of brie, I think. Decadent, and well paired with many flavor palettes." Brie, of course, also quite famously paired with merlot.