A month ago, and this situation would have exploded. Possibly into violence. But this is a month and a lifetime later, and Lucifer just simmers for a few silent moments. Calculating.
"If I so much as look like I'm stepping out of line, you're insane if you think he won't tell Rei that she can hurt me and make it stick. So you understand if I want something more than your word before I tell you anything."
"Telling someone close to Rei isn't what I'd call protection."
Neither was taking a death god to him when he was dying.
"You want me to tell you things, big things. But you risk my life and try to tell me not to worry about it. You get upset if I don't trust you, but you barely trust me enough to look at your friends. There's something amiss here."
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Date: 2012-06-10 12:17 am (UTC)"If I so much as look like I'm stepping out of line, you're insane if you think he won't tell Rei that she can hurt me and make it stick. So you understand if I want something more than your word before I tell you anything."
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Date: 2012-06-10 12:48 am (UTC)In which case, Break would kill Lucifer himself.
"He will not use this to hurt you. I'll make doubly sure of that tonight, if you'd like."
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Date: 2012-06-10 12:57 am (UTC)It's Al. There is no promise that would be secure enough if he thought that killing Lucifer was the right thing.
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Date: 2012-06-10 01:36 pm (UTC)Reminding him quietly.
"He won't."
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Date: 2012-06-10 06:26 pm (UTC)He asks it as simply as he asks a hundred other questions.
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Date: 2012-06-10 06:31 pm (UTC)Drawing his knees to his chest, shrugging.
"Protecting you."
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Date: 2012-06-10 06:39 pm (UTC)Neither was taking a death god to him when he was dying.
"You want me to tell you things, big things. But you risk my life and try to tell me not to worry about it. You get upset if I don't trust you, but you barely trust me enough to look at your friends. There's something amiss here."