"A demon." Lucanis answered simply. Before he could open his mouth again to elaborate, said demon did so instead:

"SPITE." In that delightfully snarling voice of his. "WE DID NOT ASK FOR THIS."

Lucanis nodded in agreement. "Where I'm from, I would be an abomination... if I were a mage, and if our joining had been done more willingly. We have come to an... understanding recently, however. To work together."