No religion on Earth had really gotten it all right, especially not about the things that happened in the beginning.
"I fell from Grace because I loved my Father more than anything."
It's what he was made for, after all-- to love and adore the Lord Almighty. It's what all the angels were made for.
"Then, one day, He came to us and showed us you. The little hairless apes." His mouth twists briefly, just a little, like he's bitten into something sour. "And He told us that we were to love them as we did Him, to bow and serve them as we did Him. I told him that I couldn't, that I couldn't love something as flawed and vicious as humanity like I did God."
And, apparently, being God's favorite son didn't give you a free pass to backtalk in those days.
"For that, He had Michael cast me out of Heaven. He told my big brother to lock me in a cage in the deepest part of Hell, and Michael obeyed Him."
It's a betrayal that Lucifer has spent the past few millennia festering over in the darkest pit in Hell, which really isn't a healthy way for anyone to spend their time.
"And then I rose from my Cage at the start of the Apocalypse and saw what seven billion of you had done. The war, the sin, the suffering, and so much of it blamed on me. But the real truth of it is, your kind never needed the Devil to do wrong. You were all wrong from the start."
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No religion on Earth had really gotten it all right, especially not about the things that happened in the beginning.
"I fell from Grace because I loved my Father more than anything."
It's what he was made for, after all-- to love and adore the Lord Almighty. It's what all the angels were made for.
"Then, one day, He came to us and showed us you. The little hairless apes." His mouth twists briefly, just a little, like he's bitten into something sour. "And He told us that we were to love them as we did Him, to bow and serve them as we did Him. I told him that I couldn't, that I couldn't love something as flawed and vicious as humanity like I did God."
And, apparently, being God's favorite son didn't give you a free pass to backtalk in those days.
"For that, He had Michael cast me out of Heaven. He told my big brother to lock me in a cage in the deepest part of Hell, and Michael obeyed Him."
It's a betrayal that Lucifer has spent the past few millennia festering over in the darkest pit in Hell, which really isn't a healthy way for anyone to spend their time.
"And then I rose from my Cage at the start of the Apocalypse and saw what seven billion of you had done. The war, the sin, the suffering, and so much of it blamed on me. But the real truth of it is, your kind never needed the Devil to do wrong. You were all wrong from the start."