Lucifer told him when he got more sleep the static would recede and Istredd's grateful when it does. Not only because he is greedy for connection, but because it is an adjustment for him too, going from no telepathy to unexpected noise. He looks forward to smoothly sliding into Wanda's connection again and understanding what it feels like with Louis when they aren't going crazy. But this is special.

I love how the words on their own would seem insulting, but the way you say them sounds like the highest of compliments.

Feral unsocialized chaotic monsters, on the outside it would seem critical of them. He knows that for Lucifer it's him talking about his own kind of people. Istredd doesn't disagree with him, that all sounds about right. He has said before that they're trapped and the other factions can't understand. He knows they have much more freedom.

They can't stay here forever. Our kids. I don't want that for them.

They've been calling them 'the kids' for long enough but it's clearly more than that. It may be Kell and Wilhelm for Lucifer, but Mat is Istredd's, his student and he swore to help him be less afraid of magic. He is responsible for them too. He spent all his time and energy protecting them, only for them to end up right here again. Back in the cage.

Before Lucifer poked at him with a reference to his past, that he wanted them to have the choice he never had, and it's true. Even his freedom was always at the end of a leash.

I don't want it for you either.