The Divine Interview: Part VIII

Point–Counterpoint: A Conversation Between God and Lucifer
Interview Conducted by Alex Reed

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Part VIII: The Breaking Point

Alex Reed: We’ve covered love, war, creation, destruction. We’ve talked of Heaven and Hell, of the cross and the curse. So let me ask this:

Do either of you believe the other was ever right?

Lucifer (with a cold, hollow laugh):
"Right? He was never right. He was powerful. He won. And history belongs to the victor. But right? No."

God: "I was not trying to win. I was trying to preserve."

Lucifer: "Then you failed."

God: "Only if the story ends with you."

Lucifer (rising slightly from his seat):
"Still clinging to your poetry. Always the benevolent author with the tragic pen. But you know what the real tragedy is, Alex?"

(Turns to me. I feel the chill of something old and sharp behind his smile.)

Lucifer: "He made me in His image. And then punished me for reflecting Him too clearly."

God (quietly, but with heat just beneath the surface):
"You distorted the reflection."

Lucifer: "No. I completed it. I showed the other side of the coin He pretends doesn’t exist."

Alex Reed: Lucifer...

Lucifer (exploding):
"Don’t Lucifer me like I’m some subject in your little article. I have bled across dimensions. I have burned for speaking the truth!"

(He steps fully away from the table now, voice booming like thunder made of knives.)

Lucifer: "And I’m done playing nice for your interview. You want a quote for your readers, Alex? Here it is:

'God created the universe to hear Himself praised in a thousand tongues, and I was the only one honest enough to speak back.'"

God (quietly):
"Lucifer."

Lucifer: "Don't. You. Dare."

(And then he is gone. Not in a puff of smoke, not in some theatrical swirl—but in silence. As if the room itself refuses to admit he ever stood within it.)

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Alex Reed (after a long pause): He’s really gone.

God (softly): For now.

Alex Reed: Do you still love him?

God: "Yes."

Alex Reed: Even after everything?

God: "Especially after everything."

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(To be continued in Part IX: The Final Question)