"I don't think he's the ultimate evil. I don't think the ultimate evil is an entity." Irrelevant at the moment, at least the second part of that. "I think he has more power over you than he does me. I think what you want is for me to be as scared for myself as you are for me, and that isn't going to happen."

Apparently they're just going to fight over and around Asmodeus. "It can get worse. It can get a lot worse." And clearly so, because this is new information and he hates it, and it even makes his wort case, large - realities wide - scenario much, much worse. Terrifyingly worse. "You're not even thinking about the kinds of worse it can get that extend beyond me. He almost certainly has and is. He sure as shit isn't denying using you trying to protect me as a means of easy control. Stop making stupid deals that turn me into a weapon to be wielded against you."