<span style="font-style: italic">I like him. It is rare that I like humans and their stench , you know that. But this one, he's special. His bravery and dignity are rare. Feel free to toy with him. He's all yours, but if I was you, I would want to make a treaty between him and I...If you see what I mean, Kai.</span>Asmodeus' words echoed inside Kai's mind. He was indeed right... Well, a demon's intuition doesn't lie, right? But he was left with his hand awkwardly offered for a handshake that wasn't accepted. His smile disappeared for the shortest of moments, just for him to regain his composure once more, slip the glove back on, and shrug at Udo's remark.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Didn't go for the bait? Ohh, poor you.</span>her voice was mocking. That angered Kai, but he kept the emotion bottled up inside him instead of releasing it. It would only raise suspicion.<br/><br/>"They are rare, but as in most professions, the ultimate luck does not exist." he uttered. He was about to speak some more, but the appearance of Rafael - whose human guise could not fool neither him, nor Asmodeus, and alarmed him to the utmost point, where he had trouble keeping his composure - interrupted him. This goddamn archangel... All his muscles tensed up, the leather on his gloves creaking a little as he clenched his fists. His already pale face turned into an even more sickly-looking shade of white, paler than the surrounding walls, even. To be that close to a holy being of such strength...<br/>He gulped, pears of cold sweat appearing on his temples. One hand, clenched into a fist, was forced onto his stomach, which was tied in a knot and threatening him with throwing up the little he's eaten today. His knees almost made way to let him collapse onto the floor - the sheer force of will was what held him up. Closing his eyes to but a tiny gap, like prison bars crossed by the lines of his eyelashes, he drew a long, ragged breath in.<br/><br/>This mortal form was so fragile and sensitive. Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, bones, muscle, blood... Damn it. So much suffering in a single day... Had he known it, he'd have remained outside with Annika.<br/><br/>What could Rafael possibly want off Asmodeus? He wasn't sure and he wasn't sure if he wanted to be sure.<span style="font-style: italic">If something bad is about to go down, let me know.</span>he shot out to Erlind-Asmodeus as he exited, before turning his attention back to Udo (finally). The events of today's evening had him more than alarmed about the entire situation. Naturally, meeting his old friend had him happy - as happy as things other than wreaking havoc and causing chaos among the ranks of mortals could just make him - but both the appearance of Rafael and the two witches, Isolde and Darcy - especially Darcy - made him nervous in his core.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Angels... You're a complete vegetable when they spring as if out of nowhere, aren't you?</span>That faux-concerned tone was annoying as hell (or heaven?), but more than good for Kai to get himself up again. He slipped two fingers under the tie, fastened around his neck, and released a deep sigh. Now that Rafael was gone, his physical discomfort went down a whole lot, but the bitter aftertaste remained, lingering somewhere at the back of his mind. He still seemed pale.<br/><br/>"All apologies. Seems like I'm not feeling very well this evening... Must have been the marzipan dessert I got served for lunch. I should have refused it." he muttered, and nodded to Udo's request. "Gladly. I was planning on refusing alcohol this evening to spare myself for tomorrow... But one glass of champagne won't kill me, am I not right?" His smile widened a little with his attempt at a joke, and he followed Udo to the bar area. Once he picked a prey, he didn't give up on it easily, and this new toy would get unpacked and toyed with rather soon. Kai wasn't a third-grade fool that couldn't get inside a mortal's mind. He'd get onto his good side, get to know him, and then catch the little fly into the spider's web.