"If you care anything for any universe," he says, "than you shouldn't look at me as an enemy. By returning home, I risk imprisonment in Hell, Daniel, and it's a risk I'm willing to take for the sake of my family."

Sure, if he can manage it, he'd rather avoid the whole imprisoned in Hell thing, but the point here is that he'll go back regardless. He won't hide in an empty universe to avoid his punishment, he won't bury his head in the sand to keep himself from thinking about his brothers' genocide. He is the Morningstar, and he doesn't let a little thing like being trapped in the deepest pit of Hell stop him.

"Perhaps, instead of questioning my motives, you should be wondering what kind of brother knows about the deaths of his siblings and does nothing about it."

He loves Gabriel dearly, but his little brother is an absolute chickenshit coward.