"Sometimes life has a habit of working out that way." Lucifer sighed. "There was a woman I love... d," he said. "She's still alive, mind you. But life would deal us a blow, and then we'd come back from it. And it would deal us a blow again, and we'd come back from it, and... for the longest time, I thought we'd come back from the latest one. So much so I stubbornly clung to the thought even when my life moved on."

He came to a stop.

"It hurt some people that I cared about deeply, when I let it come to a head."