On the one hand, at least Asmodeus picked someone who liked the colour. On the other hand he also picked someone who would like Zerxus and that's still something he's having a hard time grappling with.

"It's - important to keep in mind that he's never doing one thing, and he's rarely in one place at once. I'm sure he wants everyone to think they have his undivided focus, but I doubt even his siblings get that." Nowadays, at least. "We're always assigning more important to it than he is."

Funnily enough, there's more bitterness in that than mentions of the god's actual manipulation and betrayal.