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[ The feed is audio, because Lucifer is accessing the network mentally. He's been quiet since imPorts returned home, biding his time, but since it's become clear that he's not getting out of this cell any time soon, it's time to make a noise...and moreover, appeal to those whose testimony might keep him here. Assault, indeed. But he's not going to talk to the network about how RISE is trying to press charges of GBH, because that wouldn't put him in a position of any sympathy. Instead: ]

We're at war, apparently. So you would assume that any Russians I killed in the process of escaping would be a good thing. Yes? Now, I do realize, that you think that you're better than killing, that you must, by right of having civilization, rise above it. It's not cute. An eye for an eye, friends, that's the only way to proceed, otherwise how will you impress upon your enemy that you're not to be trifled with? That's divine justice right there.

And yet, considering how many were killed, and not even by my hand, I seem to be the only one paying a price. [ A pause. ] What price, you ask? Well, I am being detained, by your police force - our police force - RISE. For what? Doing my part, that's all. You can't possibly tell me they didn't deserve it. The conditions we were kept in, the starvation, the filth and cold, the suffering children?

But am I here because I'm paying a fair price for what I did, or because I am being judged for my former self's actions? Because of my name and legacy? Yes, I am Lucifer, but I've been a - kidnapping by overseas hostiles notwithstanding - relatively benign creature since my arrival here, considering what I could have done. Might have done. May well do, if I'm not released soon. Certainly my actions in the past don't justify this kind of unbalanced, unfair prejudgement. But you've seen, haven't you, what happens when I'm confined for a great period of time. [ It's delicate, but that was definitely a threat. ]

This is my formal petition for release. I think considering what I went through alongside all of you, continuing to confine me like this can only be seen as cruel beyond thought. No, it isn't a Russian prison, but for me, it may as well be. Consider how you felt, when freedom was granted to you--now imagine that it was all, so very quickly, snatched away.

Free me. I promise not to kill any more Russians.

Ah...and Gogo, Miles? We really should talk.

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[He had been almost kind, considering what they had been fighting about, and that's the only reason she's answering his request.]

If that's your attempt at an appeal then I don't think I have anything worth saying to you.

I think you owe it to me to at least hear me out, Gogo, before you decide to press charges.

[ A pause, and then, extraordinarily: ] Please?

Let's get one thing straight: I don't owe you anything for not killing me that day. I was in your way, and that's it. [It's not said angrily, but matter of fact.]

You've got me here now, so you might as well say what it is you need to say. But if you try to threaten or guilt me into doing something for you I will hang up.

Very well.

[ The remark has absolutely no inflection at all. As he continues to speak it's level, almost judicious. ]

Would you say that I didn't warn you that getting in my way would be inadvisable?

[He's very unsettling.]

I'd say you warned me, yeah. You seemed to be perfectly aware of what you were doing.

I was. It was my choice--my initial choice. I intended to burn Russia to the ground, to split it apart with my bare hands. I acted brashly, and you gave everything to slow me down.

I owe you, Gogo. My actions would have brought me great trouble, and because you were the first to intercede, you deserve to hear my apology. You were right.

[There's a stunned silence on her end. It was probably the last thing she expected to hear.

Still, it's not like he's the first person to have fought her. That's how she met Barry, after all, and they're friends now. Not that she'd expect anything like that from Lucifer of all people, but...this place does things to people.

She doesn't know him well enough to judge how normal that simple justification had been. After all, she gets the feeling he's not apologizing at all for the murders themselves. Must be the way he phrased his post.]

I'm not going to tell you 'it's okay'. [That's not to say she's refusing to accept his apology, but she won't just excuse his actions because of it either.]

[ No, he's most definitely not going to apologise for killing any of the Russians they faced. He doesn't even consider what he does murder--it's practically laughable to him. But he has to adjust his play sometimes. He has to adjust to the sentimentality of others. ]

It isn't okay. I could have immobilized you without hurting you, but I was too caught up in my frustration that you slowed me down at all. I was insensible.

I'm being straight with you, Gogo. For me to acknowledge any mistake is already a sincere effort for me.

I need your help.

You also could have stopped.

[She sighs. Pushing it when he's already apologized is probably akin to running in circles.

Why are you asking for my help? I'm not exactly a name in law.

No--If I need a lawyer, Gogo, I can get one. That's not a problem. I'd rather avoid needing one in the first place.

Olivier is counting on you wanting to press charges against me.

[It actually hadn't occurred to her to even try to press charges. Crane didn't stay in prison, and by comparison Lucifer's attack hadn't come even close to comparing to him. If she could pick an import to go after, it wouldn't be Lucifer.]

Hm.

Hm?

I haven't heard from anybody about it yet.

You're hearing about it from me. In the meantime, Gogo, I've been held in this cage, without my powers, waiting for a sentence that hasn't come.

It's wrong.

So was murdering those men. [Her voice turns dry. If he thinks he'll get sympathy from her for being in prison then he wasn't paying attention. Sure, his potential sentence might only be for attacking imports but he still should pay for those lives he took.]

Our beliefs on that subject are different, and the fact remains that if I am to be punished for something that the American government considers me justified in doing, it is injustice and prejudice that I am assaulted with.

By you, Gogo. Do you consider yourself an unjust and prejudiced person?

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