Oh, fuck. Istredd has the good grace to look contrite. I'm sorry, I know you have a contentious relationship with him. And to be in a position of weakness with his brother would be uncomfortable to say the least. There was no real reason for Lucifer to think he was going to be on the end of debilitating pain. At least he did say it wasn't the version of his brother who was a danger.

It's not alive like we are, as far as I can tell we cannot have a real conversation with it, but it's not an object, it has emotions, it reacts to stimulus. Rhy has some kind of real connection to it. A reaction was apparently causing foreign magic users pain for coming into its area. Perhaps they seemed like a threat. It would be reasonable to get defense when it was at its weakest.

Is he slightly envious of Rhy? Very much so. But it is probably best he doesn't have one. He cannot have a scientific study on something he is emotionally connected to. It's possible they will let us go back and study it. We can't physically go straight to it again, not until next year, but we can study around it, maybe come up with some tests to send into the crater.

Istredd's getting some excitement back into his tone and he tries to sit up, but feels dizzy doing so, wavering for a moment.