I decided to relinquish the responsibility of punishing those guilty of abusing the seven deadly sins. I gave up the four that caused me the most trouble, that brought out the worst in… people. Wrath, Pride, Envy and Sloth. But I kept the three I enjoyed having power over. Lust, Greed, Gluttony.” He looked at his empty plate, then back to me. “When power over the sins was carved up, the ability to use them fully, and therefore to punish those guilty of them, was broken. When I realized this, I should have taken them back and resumed my proper place as Lucifer, the punisher of evil. But I
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