“We might not win,” Lucifer replied, and there was a disgruntled buzz among the crowd, “but there is no defeat for us anymore. We have left our mark on Heaven, and we have broken free from His will. Now we know the furthest extents of pleasure and pain, that He forbid us from ever exploring, and no matter if He casts eternal nightmares on us, if He destroys us, if He silences us — He cannot take this away.”
