It reassures him a little about Steve's survival instincts, at least.
"You're here because of me." He grins, broad and bleak; all of his teeth are just a little too sharp. "I'm trapped in Hell and he is, somehow, still using me to hurt people." One day it's not going to matter, one day he's going to enjoy it, there's already a wretchedly selfish corner of his heart that's pleased about this -
"He made me fight Evandrin, when we could still walk Exandria. That was better, at least he could defend himself." At least he doesn't have a front seat to what his husband is becoming, even if there are nights when he -
"I'm going to make a deal with another Betrayer and rip his fucking heart out."
Tellingly, there's no divine crack of the whip in response to this. It would be a toothless threat even if his deal didn't forbid it, and Asmodeus knows it.
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"You're here because of me." He grins, broad and bleak; all of his teeth are just a little too sharp. "I'm trapped in Hell and he is, somehow, still using me to hurt people." One day it's not going to matter, one day he's going to enjoy it, there's already a wretchedly selfish corner of his heart that's pleased about this -
"He made me fight Evandrin, when we could still walk Exandria. That was better, at least he could defend himself." At least he doesn't have a front seat to what his husband is becoming, even if there are nights when he -
"I'm going to make a deal with another Betrayer and rip his fucking heart out."
Tellingly, there's no divine crack of the whip in response to this. It would be a toothless threat even if his deal didn't forbid it, and Asmodeus knows it.