Or some kind of verbal explanation? Because Lucifer had learned over the years that if he wanted to make the people he actually cared about happy, he needed to-- try not to make everything about him. So he tried.

While at the same time, his every instinct was yelling at him to assume this was about him.

In other words, his mind had a bit of a short circuit situation.

"... Octavia?"

That was safe enough.