And this is why Lucifer doesn't make oaths; they get in the way of what should be done, what would make the most sense to do. It's a very human thing.
"Is this why you were called merciless, Illyria? Does it give you greater pleasure to make them wait for death? To know the exact moment when their hopes are crushed, when they see the inevitability of their fates?"
There is disdain in every word.
"If you're trying to protect them, you're doing it wrong. They're cattle in the slaughterhouse, Illyria, and you're letting them stand among the corpses and fester in the terror of it."
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And this is why Lucifer doesn't make oaths; they get in the way of what should be done, what would make the most sense to do. It's a very human thing.
"Is this why you were called merciless, Illyria? Does it give you greater pleasure to make them wait for death? To know the exact moment when their hopes are crushed, when they see the inevitability of their fates?"
There is disdain in every word.
"If you're trying to protect them, you're doing it wrong. They're cattle in the slaughterhouse, Illyria, and you're letting them stand among the corpses and fester in the terror of it."