[ It's funny---Lucifer warned Zelda of this exact same thing while he was briefly in Songerein. Perhaps he and Satan aren't so different from each other. A little. ]
So I've been told before. [ She pauses. ] But that makes me wonder: what have you gained from me? You've helped me a number of times.
[ Is... Is she teasing him a little? ]
Nonsense, it wasn't a waste of time. Actually, it seems to me like you have established a valuable benchmark against which to measure the results of your forthcoming trials. In theory, using a fraction of the potency used against Mammon should be effective against normal humans. But if humans are as resistant to the potion as Mammon, you may find that the flaw is in the potion itself, rather than the test subjects.
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So I've been told before. [ She pauses. ] But that makes me wonder: what have you gained from me? You've helped me a number of times.
[ Is... Is she teasing him a little? ]
Nonsense, it wasn't a waste of time. Actually, it seems to me like you have established a valuable benchmark against which to measure the results of your forthcoming trials. In theory, using a fraction of the potency used against Mammon should be effective against normal humans. But if humans are as resistant to the potion as Mammon, you may find that the flaw is in the potion itself, rather than the test subjects.