He does very much hate being vulnerable.

And yet.

You'd be hard-pressed to get me to do anything I don't want to, he says, which is both his way for reassurance... and a warning.

Because for all well-behaved that Lucifer has been there will come a time where he's set towards one thing and no amount of anything from anyone will stop him.

But that's not what this is about right in this moment.

(At least they have made notable improvements when it's come to talking.)