"Honestly, between you and me? I think they just can't be arsed with ruling, so they are not gonna bother. That one though, growing stronger and stronger? I remember that one. Quite the ambitious streak. But then, you knew that. That's why you're so worried." Lucifer felt it was easy to see after so many years of dealing with it all. Aleister might be hard to understand and predict for most, yet so far he didn't struggle with it.

What Aleister said next made him sit up, an immediate frown on his face. "You lost my vessel?"

He pressed his lips together and thought, realised. Interesting. "I see."