Relieved and amused by her reaction, Adam grinned back. "That's 'bout it. They can't seem to take the power away. I've wrestled with it a bit," he snorted, "especially when I was 'bout fifteen, but I think I got it under control now, an' I've made a choice to be true neutral. I kinda ended up with the Earth as my realm, so I look out for it. I think it's 'bout time people got to jus' be people without anyone else messin' 'em about. We'll see how things go when they're doin' it all on their own."

He swung his legs against the crate. "My real dad didn't like what I did much. He tried to come up from Hell, but I stopped him. We've never act'lly talked. I think he wrote me off as a bad job." Adam's grin got wider and more mischievous. That's saying something when Lucifer thinks you're bad. But two bads don't necessarily equal a good, either. "There's a lotta stuff you can do when people are deliberately ignorin' you..."