"Oh, the books that he's read are fairytales. He only knew of 'the devil' and 'Satan'." If Istredd's ever caught Lucifer's disgust at his Devil's arcana, this is the answer to why. Another title, following him between worlds, stuck to his appearance even in the Horizon.
"Thousands of years later, my name left as nothing but an evil, a betrayer, the monster under the bed. And for thousands of years I was locked in that Cage, time in Hell moving slower," Lucifer snarls.
Maybe they 'joke' about not being able to say 'Cage', but there is a notable darkness swept over Lucifer's thoughts and words when he gets into it.
"My Father locked up everything he didn't want to deal with, or so it could 'come back later' as a plot point in his stupid stories. Used me to help lock up his sister, locked up his own beastly creations known as the Leviathans, locked up me. No talking. Just left me, alone, to simmer in my rage, and built me into his prophecies, and the Apocalypse, crafted me into the exact villain he needed to come out swinging!
"I did what I did, fine, but everything after--every, single, thing--I was blamed for, and I had nothing to do with the choices humanity made after they were cast out! But who did they blame? They didn't pray in my name, they put wars and riots and stubbing their damn toes all on me, in the name of God!
"I've owned up to what I did." To an extent. He slashes an arm through the air. Has the fire in the fireplace gotten a bit fuller? Strange. "I will not take responsibility for the action of a bunch of crying apes!"
"I am not all good either. I won't lecture you on bad decisions."
... He does... sort of... hear Istredd. There is some clinging awareness to his thoughts, grabbing onto the snippets, an understanding that Istredd's not... attacking him, but. Well.
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"Thousands of years later, my name left as nothing but an evil, a betrayer, the monster under the bed. And for thousands of years I was locked in that Cage, time in Hell moving slower," Lucifer snarls.
Maybe they 'joke' about not being able to say 'Cage', but there is a notable darkness swept over Lucifer's thoughts and words when he gets into it.
"My Father locked up everything he didn't want to deal with, or so it could 'come back later' as a plot point in his stupid stories. Used me to help lock up his sister, locked up his own beastly creations known as the Leviathans, locked up me. No talking. Just left me, alone, to simmer in my rage, and built me into his prophecies, and the Apocalypse, crafted me into the exact villain he needed to come out swinging!
"I did what I did, fine, but everything after--every, single, thing--I was blamed for, and I had nothing to do with the choices humanity made after they were cast out! But who did they blame? They didn't pray in my name, they put wars and riots and stubbing their damn toes all on me, in the name of God!
"I've owned up to what I did." To an extent. He slashes an arm through the air. Has the fire in the fireplace gotten a bit fuller? Strange. "I will not take responsibility for the action of a bunch of crying apes!"
"I am not all good either. I won't lecture you on bad decisions."
... He does... sort of... hear Istredd. There is some clinging awareness to his thoughts, grabbing onto the snippets, an understanding that Istredd's not... attacking him, but. Well.
Trauma.