[ Right in that moment isn't enough, though. Lucifer wants more out of people than a moment, though moments will do, of course. And if persuasion doesn't become conviction, then all it is is another degree of lean to a tower that is never ever going to fall. Not the kind of purpose he lends himself to.

But without a taste of Chilton's mind, he has to go on what he hears and sees, and it's frustrating to be so cut off from what usually guides his instinct. Frustrating and challenging, and so worth the effort. ]

Please. You wouldn't dangle the fish in front of my nose if part of you wasn't craving for someone to pull on your line and drag you in. You belong in the water; it doesn't take the Devil himself to see that.

You know what I can do for you. You know that no matter what you want, I can return the spoils to you tenfold. And you know that I don't really have to ask.