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The penthouse was lit with the bland lights of lamps and exterior light sources. The silhouette of the devil contrasts slightly in the dim light.
-" Said Padre. Do you know that your favorite archangel is an asshole ?"
Lucifer's voice rises above the noise of LUX just below two. The sentence had been said with a certain disdain and for no apparent reason.
-" Good ? That's interesting. "
Father Frank's response is calm and gentle. The man looks genuinely interested. This irritates Lucifer even more.
The goal here is to get the priest out of his whole “ nice, calm and patient priest, devoted to daddy ” vibe.
-" Exactly ! A little jealous person who has been ruining my life for as long as I can remember. Honestly I don't know why you loved him so much. "
The dark-skinned man turns away from the piano. Is also and looks at the silhouette of the so-called devil.
-" It's still interesting for a man like me to learn more about angels. The archangel Michael even more so, because I guess it's him so you're talking about. " Frank said in his deep voice.
Lucifer remains frozen for a moment. He is boiling inside.
- " Oh believe me...he didn't realize even half of what you appreciated about him.... " the devil growls.
His goal was to irritate the priest and show him the truth! Not the opposite ! But the calmness of the human on this subject killed him!
- “ You seem quite angry despite everything my friend. ”
- " Of course I'm angry ! This kind of.... raccoon ! He's been ruining my life forever ! Trying to take my place. I'm sure he's the first one who do the bad campaign on me ! "
The father looks thoughtful for a moment. He looks at the devil's tense posture and face for a long time. Distorted by anger but Frank still detects a spark of pain.
- " I don't know what happened to make you think that. But you seem very affected by it. "
Lucifer looks overly insulting.
-" Oh please ! I don't care about him in the least ! "
- “ That’s not what you’re suggesting, my friend. ” Frank responds calmly.
He knows an injured child when he sees one.
Lucifer feels oddly vulnerable under this gaze.
-" Whatever. You don't even believe me anyway. "
He walks towards the bar and hastily takes 2 drinks.
- “ A Padres drink ? ”
Father Frank gives him a very unimpressed look.
-" I know you're trying to distract Lucifer. It doesn't matter. You can talk to me about it whenever you want. "
The glass in Lucifer's hand shatters. This time really pissed.
-" There's nothing to tell Padres ! My traitorous twin betrayed me when I needed him the most ! He didn't face me in an epic fight! No! He just watched my father banish me without saying anything !” Howls the devil.
He turns around and doesn't look at the bay window. To prevent the human behind him from seeing his red and misty eyes (why?).
Frank was quite surprised to learn that Lucifer and Michael are twins. This explains the spark of pain he had seen in Lucifer's eyes.
- " My friend. You don't have to justify yourself. But I think you still care despite everything you say. "
Lucifer laughs bitterly. He gets the second glass of alcohol and drinks it.
- " On the contrary Padre...I no longer care about him. I have lived until now ignoring the fact that I had a twin. "
- “ But today.. ” begins the father.
- “ Today.. ” Lucifer laughs quite cruelly.
-" Today I just wanted to let you know that your precious protector of the church is a coward, a manipulator and a traitor. " Who is like God ?" Huh ? I guess he lives up to his name. "
Frank doesn't say anything and tries not to seem touched.
Lucifer approaches him and looks him in the eyes. A part of him knows that his words have an effect and delights in it.
- " Enough about me Padres.... so who do you think is the person who tried to kill you... "
The evening unfolds. After this incident Frank meditates on playing the piano. The devil.... Lucifer ended up joining him in a much better mood.
He clearly didn't know the whole story between Lucifer and Michael. But he still hopes that they will meet again one day.