Apadiel nods, her gaze shifting as she blinks, lowering her eyes. She is not surprised that that is Abaddon’s first thought. Abaddon, who was determined to continue the war even in Lucifer’s absence. Who still sees the light of victory as something to strive after, even with their general fallen.
“I would stay with them,” she replies, nodding more to herself than to her sister as she voices the decision. “I believe you, about Alana. And even Axel, when he is older, will be powerful as well. But they are Nephilim, and Eric–”
He had been a wreck when she’d found him with Rey’s body. The loss of Lucifer would ruin him further, and with Lucifer there would be to quick way to bring him back, if he could be brought back at all.
“Eric will need help with them, and an angel to protect them until they understand how to protect themselves.”
Because if Eric dies and Lucifer dies and they all die, if they win at least it’s something -- at least it’s tangible when they rest of them never will be. She said it and she meant it -- if they all die, those children would be fine because Alana would make it so.
❝ I don’t know -- we’re planning their funerals... Do you have time to plan a funeral? I have a fiery pit of horrors to run. ❞
She’s trying to joke, but there’s not much to joke about.
❝ You think Eric needs help? When Lucifer turned him, he not only gave Eric his blood, he gave him some of his grace. Surely you know that. Who knows what kind of power Eric wields that he hasn’t even tapped into yet. Who KNOWS what catastrophic things he’s capable of? Eric doesn’t need anyone -- except, maybe, Lucifer. ❞
It’s a crazy science experiment she wants to hack into, but she’s not willing to deal with the aftermath from her brother...
❝ It doesn’t matter anyways. He’ll probably never figure it out. We just need to be ready -- for whatever they need. ❞
