"I suppose that is the truth for me as well. I am who I am due to the choices of others." He tried not to contemplate the events of the Fall too often but there's no denying that most of it was not his choice.

"I do have a balance. Belial is the mediator between us." Lucifer didn't often talk about this aspect of angelic politics too often. "I am the morningstar and he is the eveningstar; creation and destruction. Belial unfortunately has to deal with two. The one who riles the Almighty and the one who encourages the harassment."

Lucifer smiles. "I would not change the billions of years I have had in his company."