"Oh, yeah. Right." Mat nods. He hadn't been able to make out all of the message Lucifer had sent, but he'd gotten the word 'brother' and assumes that's what this is all about. Huh. He hadn't realized the man cared that much.

"Lucifer mentioned you. Sort of. Couldn't get much of the message he sent me as magic's all fucked up."

Which is a damned pity, he has some very useful magic. If he had his magic, they wouldn't need to resort to crude traps like what he has planned.

"I'm fine. And I'll be better once we've got this beastie contained."