Oh dear. It was childish as well as unwise, Ellie knew, but she just couldn't help it; after millennia of being forced to pretend deference to Beelzebub and his ilk, and years spent hiding from them, the opportunity to taunt the rat bastard as he had taunted her was simply too tempting to pass up.

"Bzzzzt," she answered mockingly. "Belial, dear, let's go find someplace more pleasant to catch up on things, shall we? This room seems to have developed a pest problem."