The Devil smiles indulgently at Daniel Jackson, entirely unoffended by his assertion.
There are many things that Lucifer doesn't like about the Rift-- it narrows his powers and constrains him to a small location, among other things. But, despite all these annoyances, it has ultimately done him a great favor. It brought him to this other universe right when he was in the process of falling back into Hell, but before the door slammed shut again.
The Rift, in essence, rescued him. It gave him the possibility of finding a way back to his own universe that didn't involve him being trapped in his Cage, but with big brother Michael stuck inside. And that would be a fitting thing, letting big brother have a taste of the Cage that he'd left Lucifer to rot in for all those millennia.
"I can be patient, Daniel. There are ways out of every cage, even this one, and I have all the time in the world to find it. I don't need you to cooperate with me, though it certainly wouldn't hurt either of us if you did."
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There are many things that Lucifer doesn't like about the Rift-- it narrows his powers and constrains him to a small location, among other things. But, despite all these annoyances, it has ultimately done him a great favor. It brought him to this other universe right when he was in the process of falling back into Hell, but before the door slammed shut again.
The Rift, in essence, rescued him. It gave him the possibility of finding a way back to his own universe that didn't involve him being trapped in his Cage, but with big brother Michael stuck inside. And that would be a fitting thing, letting big brother have a taste of the Cage that he'd left Lucifer to rot in for all those millennia.
"I can be patient, Daniel. There are ways out of every cage, even this one, and I have all the time in the world to find it. I don't need you to cooperate with me, though it certainly wouldn't hurt either of us if you did."