"Yes, mistakes." Istredd says defensively. "They're passionate." He may not remember much of his life before Abraxas, but all it takes is to look around where they are now to know what binds him to his cult. He favors those who love to learn, but it's when they use what they know that the problem begins.

If the Brotherhood is getting out of line, he will have to curb them. He'll just be very indulgent about it, treating them more like rowdy children than people who need to be set in their place. Istredd cares for his followers, in a vague distant parental figure way.

"Yes, my dearest love, but we have different approaches to our people." Lucifer is Lucifer, no matter how many years have passed. Then again, so is Istredd. Enabling. "Have you been hard on them lately?"