"Oh, it will, and even if it doesn't, he freaking deserves it. If not for revenge for you, then for the sake of the next girl he'll pull this on if he doesn't get his ass handed to him."

That was no small part of demon politics. Asskicking wasn't just for fun. Sometimes people needed to be put in their place, hard and fast, and this sort of situation was pretty damn high up on the list.

"...You should know this doesn't change things. Not that it doesn't matter, but I don't see you any different or anything."