"He is," Mephisto agreed, "And believe me, it's not as ungrateful as you'd think it would be. It would simply be karmic on both our ends if he simply destroyed me the first chance he got. I know him better than that, though. He is above biting the hand that feeds him. He is... well, he had the potential to be this the whole time, and it took me a trip to Hell to realize it."