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Lucifer and Chloe are going through another loop of someone they’d met on Earth while working a case. This one brings slightly unpleasant memories with it, but they’re both more focused on Anders Brody. He’s in his glass house, lounging on his office chair as he reads the newspaper.
Brody launches his biggest endeavor yet: setting foot in space.
“Ugh, I hate space,” he says to himself. “I hope they don’t actually make me do that.”
Lucifer grins.
“Well, I think I know where this is going,” he whispers to Chloe.
She rolls her eyes. “Lucifer, we’re supposed to be helping.”
“Yes, yes,” he dismisses. “I still need to see how the entire loop plays out before I can truly help him.”
Their setting changes to Brody going through a simulation of the Mars Project he’d worked on. He goes pale and shuts his eyes through the whole thing. His eyes shoot open when the simulation makes a noise and he almost passes out. When it’s over, he stumbles out and grips the closest thing available, looking ready to puke.
“Hello, Mr. Brody,” Lucifer greets.
Chloe keeps a distance, watching in slight exasperation.
“Lucifer? You… what’re you doing here?” Brody asks.
“Ah, well, you’re in Hell. And I’m the Devil. Normally I’d be here to torture you, but things have been running differently for a little while now,” Lucifer says.
Brody blinks in confusion. Lucifer sighs. It’s a normal reaction, but it does get a bit… tedious, even Chloe will admit.
“What is it you desired during your time on Earth, Mr. Brody?” Lucifer asks, trying to speed things along.
“I… I wanted to be the best, the richest, the most powerful,” he blurts. “What the hell, man? Again?”
“Again?” Lucifer asks.
“Whatever. I don’t know what this is, but I don’t have to talk to you, or the cop lady who tried to arrest me that one time.”
“What are you talking about?”
Chloe clears her throat. “Right, uh… Lucifer, there’s something you should know.”
Lucifer raises an eyebrow at her.
