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[So they're going deep sea fishing, right??]

What is it?

[That better be a metaphor]

I know you profiled criminals back in Baltimore. But have you ever had to profile someone more... otheworldly?

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[Everything is in Will Graham's world.]

Some of them would have liked to be more than human, but...not back home, no. Been working on that case in De Chima with the priest trying to drown his coworkers, but I'm not completely certain what's behind it just yet. Why do you ask?

[That sounds like it could get really confusing really quickly]

Well, my favor might be related. Tell me, what do you know about the Devil?

He's in the details.

[S H R U G]

[see keywords]

Let's try that again. What do you know about Lucifer?

[He was being honest. This is what honesty gets him, he sees. The world is so cruel.]

What I need to know. [His brow furrows; where is Miles going with this? If it's where Will thinks, judging by the initial start...why though?] Has he done something?

Not yet, but considering what happened the last time he showed his face around here, I don't want to take any chances.

[He doesn't like where this is going at all, but...maybe it's not the worst possible outcome he's thinking of. Maybe it's something milder. Maybe? He'll play it off as long as he can, no need to get defensive or aggravated on what he thinks when that might not be the case. So a moment's pause follows before he takes air in through flared nostrils like they're just discussing an issue with home repair, and:]

So what would you like me to about it, exactly?

I'd like to hear your professional opinion on him, if you don't mind. Between his past rampages and his recent gloating, there should be plenty of material to work with.

[Time to get defensive and pissy, then.]

In my opinion, people pay him too much attention without paying attention to what they should. [His opinion, he says. Not his professional one. Does he really want to make an effort to empathize with the devil? Fuck no he does not.] The bible talks about not testing God, but asks to not be led into temptation, deliver us from evil. What is talking to the devil if not testing God and walking right into evil? I think he knows that. Lucifer does, he knows it. And he knows that people will talk to him in spite of it. Seek him out. He doesn't have to do anything but claim his name and people will flock. So we're not just dealing with Lucifer. We're dealing with human nature, or whatever else some of us here might be. I wouldn't consider his whole speech gloating. I'd consider the part where he got plenty of imPorts talking to him like eager little lambs to be the gloating.

[A pause, as he considers Graham's words]

Don't take this the wrong way - I don't mean to brush you off or to ignore your observations. But before we continue, I have another question. You're familiar with Lucifer's, ah, previous work, correct? And I mean his work this side of the Porter.

I am familiar, yes—didn't see it myself, though. He was around for a while after that. He spoke to me when I first got here.

[Don't worry about brushing him off, Miles, he's dealt with worse. So there's no aggravation or ire in his voice. They're just two people talking, almost like coworkers discussing a case after hours, with Will conveniently leaving out that the communicator sent to his home had once belonged to Gabriel.]

And what did he have to say to you?

[He's not getting to the point as quickly as he had planned. But this, this could be interesting]

That the weather in Louisiana was nice.

[Sorry, Miles, it's really not that interesting.]

Basic smalltalk with a dash of him being Lucifer, not someone who had questionable parents.

[Ugh, a dead end. He harrumphs to himself, frowning a little deeper]

So, nothing useful, I assume. [He sighs, shaking his head] Anyway, I'd like to hear your opinions on Lucifer's methods, in general. We know about his past crimes - I'd like to use that knowledge to prevent any future rampages.

They gave him a job at a museum and he torched the place.

[Dull, so dull, Will finds that particular method to be dull. Or so it sounds, from his voice.]

I suppose the only real method there would be that he didn't believe he could be caught. Or he wanted to be caught, because being in a cage could give him some power he wouldn't be able to have from the outside. There isn't much to say about it, really. He wasn't out long enough for me to notice any valid patterns.

[And Will just really doesn't fancy the idea of empathizing with the supposed actual devil. At all. The work in De Chima has been bizarre and hellish enough.]

[So he can profile Lunatic, but not Lucifer? Edgeworth frowns, but decides not to push the issue. There's no point in burning bridges when he still has a river to cross. And hey, maybe he simply hasn't seen enough of him to form a solid opinion. Who knows.]

May I run a theory past you, at least?

[Give him this much, Will]

[They're two totally different beasts, Miles :(]

Go ahead.

[You got it, bud.]

[Look, he doesn't understand how your crazy empathy thing works, okay???? It can't be that bad]

Earlier in the conversation, when I first asked for your opinion, you focused on how people reacted to him. How he played the crowd like a fiddle. [Decidedly not made of gold] So, tell me - how likely do you think it is that he might work through other people this time? His last murder spree was more of a solo act, but he might try his hand at something different, this time.

[A short laugh follows, more of a bark than anything. Bitter and displeased, without any hint of joy.]

If he's anything like the devil of the bible, working through other people should be one of his specialties. [What's there to be joyful about with this?] The Lord's prayer is about being delivered from temptation, from evil, from the evil one. You can argue personal accountability against the devil made me do it all day long, no doubt, but for him to not at least take advantage of that seems...unlikely.

[And so Will doesn't profile Lucifer, exactly. He just works with the information he has from another source. They're totally not the same at all and he doesn't want to get closer to this one, Goddamnit.]

[Religion was never a priority for Edgeworth, so his knowledge of the Devil is weak, watered down, and not entirely accurate. Hearing it laid out like this, though, makes his questions feel rather...silly. Obvious. The sort of thing he should have realized on his own.

He ignores his embarrassment, though, and clears his throat. He had a theory. Graham confirmed this theory. That's good, right? Right]

So, he's not the only one we should be keeping an eye on. Thank you for the insight, Graham.

[And if he has nothing else to add, Edgeworth will be hanging up soon]

[Yo, Will talked about God and religion with Hannibal frequently enough that even if he hadn't been raised in the Bible Belt, he'd have been an idiot not to do some outside reading on the subject. And all those killers who added religious aspects to their victims...not something he could avoid in a line of work that could feel like there was no real Good. Anywhere. Just a bunch of folks pretending they were the biggest, worst Evil around.]

You're welcome.

[Nothing to add. Open to questions, but profiling Lucifer is not really on a list of things Will wants to do. Sorry bud.]

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