A long time ago I may have disagreed but now-- ( now it was easier to believe it false even if she wondered whether the curse had twisted him, wanting to be truly loved so long ago. but she'd always be useful in some way )
He would never care to admit it but he does need me. I've been able to do things he never could. For where its gotten me.
( which with lucifer around was never anywhere at all )
Then all the more reason to find ways to make yourself invaluable.
[ And she does not doubt that Lilith has done so β the woman has always struck her as having a cunning disposition, perhaps moreso than most others often expect or anticipate, although underestimating would certainly not be in their best interest. ]
Until you have found the means to free yourself altogether.
[ She knows all about the necessity of endurance, of having to persist under less than desirable circumstances in order to emerge out the other side β but she also recalls languishing in her state, uncertain if the end would be freedom or some means of escaping the mortal coil and thereby rendering her soul forfeit. ]
( she'd put a timer on her life, gotten an extension for the next thirteen months. lilith might not yet have had that little conversation with lucifer yet but it had been all part of her plan -- he couldn't kill her yet )
Though with Lucifer free-- he'll be much more guarded than before, particularly with Sabrina embracing Hell.
Sometimes the immediate future is all we can foresee, especially considering the occasional... volatile element.
[ And Lucifer is, at his very core, unpredictable, impossible to foretell. Sometimes she thinks she may have given up on attempting to understand his machinations altogether. ]
Which... was something he wanted. [ Maneuvering the chess pieces to ensure that his offspring inherited the throne in his stead. ]
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He would never care to admit it but he does need me. I've been able to do things he never could. For where its gotten me.
( which with lucifer around was never anywhere at all )
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[ And she does not doubt that Lilith has done so β the woman has always struck her as having a cunning disposition, perhaps moreso than most others often expect or anticipate, although underestimating would certainly not be in their best interest. ]
Until you have found the means to free yourself altogether.
[ She knows all about the necessity of endurance, of having to persist under less than desirable circumstances in order to emerge out the other side β but she also recalls languishing in her state, uncertain if the end would be freedom or some means of escaping the mortal coil and thereby rendering her soul forfeit. ]
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( she'd put a timer on her life, gotten an extension for the next thirteen months. lilith might not yet have had that little conversation with lucifer yet but it had been all part of her plan -- he couldn't kill her yet )
Though with Lucifer free-- he'll be much more guarded than before, particularly with Sabrina embracing Hell.
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[ And Lucifer is, at his very core, unpredictable, impossible to foretell. Sometimes she thinks she may have given up on attempting to understand his machinations altogether. ]
Which... was something he wanted. [ Maneuvering the chess pieces to ensure that his offspring inherited the throne in his stead. ]