Uriel smirked. Oh, yes, Duke Ligur did have quite a temper indeed, although he was far from the worst demons. Bad enough, though. (Uriel perhaps preferred to stay neutral, but he was entitled to a personal opinion or two, right?)

"A fake indeed," he commented. "I am certain that, should he ever actually take sweet Sugarplum here into any kind of monster show, the only certificate he would get to his wall would be that of The Greatest Failure. Not that I think that our dear tentacle monster is a failure, no, far from it," he said, offering Sugarplum a few more marshmallows from his ever-full bag to assure her of his good will, "but I don't think she exactly fills the usual standards for tentacle monsters. But you are right, I think. Duke Ligur, while certainly not the most pleasant of fellows, is not all bad. Very few beings are in the end."