I know you don't. [He snorts, frustrated.] You're so ensconced in it yourself, you can't see the difference.

[Reasoning and negotiating. Not necessarily appeasing. But doing whatever Lucifer wants to keep certain people safe? That shouldn't be happening.]

You realize you're making deals with the devil.

[It doesn't have much meaning behind it when Hitsugaya says it. It's only a phrase to him, one hadn't even heard before arriving in Adstring. But to literally make deals with Lucifer seems ... off. The consequences should be obvious, shouldn't they? Short-term safety in exchange for long-term torment. Hell doesn't have to exist for that sort of consequence to take effect.]

For a potential result.