1128 First step

SUMIRE

Hino nodded. "Your heart beat is too irregular, the fact that you managed this long is amazing. The surgery won't be normal either, evolved humans will do it. They have to essentially poke around near your heart, and remove the darkness. A single fatal move and--"

"I see."

'I suspected as much. During my stay with Lucifer, my irregular heartbeat got worse. It must have been because of the darkness, because I spent so much time around Lucifer. No, because I essentially pushed more darkness in me by doing it with him.'

Did Lucifer realize? No, if he did, he definitely wouldn't have touched her. He wouldn't have gone through the blood bond ceremony either.