Lucifer made a-- moderately frustrated noise. "Duke, I am going straight into the bathroom and I'm making sure she's clean," he said. "You can tell her you're sorry yourself in about ten minutes or so. Let's not make this any bigger than it already is."

At least it felt like the big gaping chest wound had healed.

He turned around, Octavia in his arms. "Now go on ahead to the bedroom. I don't want to risk bleeding on anything on my way in."