Ancient

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Luciferstared at the object in his hand, unable to make heads or tails ofwhat it was supposed to be. He'd found it sitting on the table nearthe door, and for two hours he'd sat staring at the thing.

Itsounded as though it had liquid in it, but he couldn't find a way toput the liquid in, or get the liquid out. There were no buttons onit, and he was just thinking of snapping it in half to see if thatdid anything. "Would this blow up if I microwaved it?"

"Oh,you have it," Alistair said, raising his eyebrows. "Ithought I left this by the door."

Lucifernodded. "You did. I found it. What in the vast, blue, expanses ofHell is it?"

"It'sa vape pen." Alistair looked at Lucifer as if he'd sprouted horns."Wow. You are way outta touch."

Luciferlet out a growling sigh. "Shut up, boy."

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