"Honestly? While I sincerely doubt my opinion on those things matters in the slightest, I really don't think you have anything to worry about."
There are things beyond Kell's comprehension, but he also has been steadily growing in his certainty that he and Lucifer are at least a little alike. And if they can share destructively fiery temper, and occasional (in Kell's case) or habitual (in Lucifer's) callousness around other people getting caught in the cross-fire of their exploits. They can as easily share the same laser focused obsession over that one single person that managed to drag them out of their dispassionate shell.
Lucifer is an inhuman being of magic and power. That's how Kell sees him. He'd say he's beautiful and terrifying with the same breath. Though not to Lucifer himself, never to him. Because the teasing would never end. Kell knows it wouldn't if this was him hearing it about himself. An Antari is nothing, and everything, like an archangel. Kell knows he's so far from Lucifer's level. Antari, blessed or cursed, are still human, but there are strands of shared qualities. And it's a new and truly exhilarating experience to know a being like this. It might be what has drawn Kell to Lucifer in the first place. So he feels just a little justified to have an opinion on the matter.
"But I would have been viciously jealous myself. It kind of comes with the territory when loving someone."
Kell had never spoken so openly and honestly to another living person about his not exactly commendable feelings. Not a single one other than Rhy. But this is Istredd and he matters. With Istredd, he can feel safe enough to bare his soul. The other side of it is that he desperately wants to keep Istredd from hurt. That's love too, isn't it?
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There are things beyond Kell's comprehension, but he also has been steadily growing in his certainty that he and Lucifer are at least a little alike. And if they can share destructively fiery temper, and occasional (in Kell's case) or habitual (in Lucifer's) callousness around other people getting caught in the cross-fire of their exploits. They can as easily share the same laser focused obsession over that one single person that managed to drag them out of their dispassionate shell.
Lucifer is an inhuman being of magic and power. That's how Kell sees him. He'd say he's beautiful and terrifying with the same breath. Though not to Lucifer himself, never to him. Because the teasing would never end. Kell knows it wouldn't if this was him hearing it about himself. An Antari is nothing, and everything, like an archangel. Kell knows he's so far from Lucifer's level. Antari, blessed or cursed, are still human, but there are strands of shared qualities. And it's a new and truly exhilarating experience to know a being like this. It might be what has drawn Kell to Lucifer in the first place. So he feels just a little justified to have an opinion on the matter.
"But I would have been viciously jealous myself. It kind of comes with the territory when loving someone."
Kell had never spoken so openly and honestly to another living person about his not exactly commendable feelings. Not a single one other than Rhy. But this is Istredd and he matters. With Istredd, he can feel safe enough to bare his soul. The other side of it is that he desperately wants to keep Istredd from hurt. That's love too, isn't it?