"I hope you do learn." Lucifer whispered. There were so many reasons that he had taken this path. True, some of them had been incredibly impulsive, foolish. Lust was part of it, temptation, but those had faded over time. Rebellion had replaced them, then affection. Lucifer's own disregard for torture and pain surely made the choice easier, now and previously. In his current state though, Lucifer couldn't track the way his approach had changed in the time they had spent together. He could only focus on right now. The pain and damage were so familiar in his life, not always to this severity, that it almost didn't matter.
It is good that the Rit Zein were not here. Even in his state Lucifer could be incredibly dangerous, maybe more so because he was wounded. Healthy, he wouldn't kill if he could help it. In this condition, he wouldn't think twice about disintegrating a threat because he wouldn't be able to repel them by any other means. Balthazar might be the only thing that would be able to deter him. Lucifer knew the wounds to his grace would heal over time. The wounds from Michael had, eventually.
Even if it did work, was offered, Lucifer would not take anything from Levi, not for any reason. Consuming or damaging a human soul was well outside the bounds of Lucifer's own skewed moral standards. Never mind the fact that in his own Creation it was God who killed humans and injured their souls, not the Fallen.
Balthazar's work to soothe the pain had a measure of effect given the severity of his wounds. Humor and clarity came back as the pain became more manageable. The exhaustion still kept his thoughts a bit muddled but it was better than nothing. He relented to Balthazar's request and stopped struggling with his armor.
"This is not how I wanted you to undress me when I came back." Crippled or not, Lucifer wouldn't pass up an opportunity to flirt.
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Date: 2019-09-17 06:49 pm (UTC)It is good that the Rit Zein were not here. Even in his state Lucifer could be incredibly dangerous, maybe more so because he was wounded. Healthy, he wouldn't kill if he could help it. In this condition, he wouldn't think twice about disintegrating a threat because he wouldn't be able to repel them by any other means. Balthazar might be the only thing that would be able to deter him. Lucifer knew the wounds to his grace would heal over time. The wounds from Michael had, eventually.
Even if it did work, was offered, Lucifer would not take anything from Levi, not for any reason. Consuming or damaging a human soul was well outside the bounds of Lucifer's own skewed moral standards. Never mind the fact that in his own Creation it was God who killed humans and injured their souls, not the Fallen.
Balthazar's work to soothe the pain had a measure of effect given the severity of his wounds. Humor and clarity came back as the pain became more manageable. The exhaustion still kept his thoughts a bit muddled but it was better than nothing. He relented to Balthazar's request and stopped struggling with his armor.
"This is not how I wanted you to undress me when I came back." Crippled or not, Lucifer wouldn't pass up an opportunity to flirt.