#That aside; that Lucifer & Simeon thing was very interesting and I hope we'll learn more about that later.

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Lesson 65 Summary & Analysis, Part 2

Finally, some good FOOD. There's some things in this lesson that are easy to gloss over, so I'm pointing them out here. They need the screenshots.

The Reapers

I touched on this in part 1, but apparently Reapers are a race. They're born Reapers and presumably die Reapers, and they're considered unaligned. I'm not terribly fond of this choice because it begs the following questions:

Where are they from?

How were they made?

Why are they entrusted with the souls of everyone else?

Why do they hang out in caves lol?

I'm not sure if Solmare has thought about the answers to these questions.

Lucifer and Raphael

Another point of interest: Lucifer and Raphael have an unusually cordial reunion.

Worth keeping in mind that the last time these two saw each other was in the Great Celestial War, and they were on opposite sides and ready to kill each other.

Which leads me to believe that:

Time heals everything (lol) and Lucifer is willing to put aside his rancor for the sake of Diavolo's dream OR

For some reason, Lucifer does not blame Michael/Raphael/Simeon/the others for what happened and forgives them for the role they played

I'm more inclined to believe the latter because Lucifer is very quick to try to warn Raphael about Thirteen's trap before you can step in and save him:

So... Lucifer cares about Raphael.

Simeon and Raphael

By contrast, Simeon does not seem thrilled by Raphael's inclusion in the exchange program.

Mammon and Levi are spooked, but the other angel present? No comment. Raphael seems to trigger ellipsis mode Simeon more than anyone else (this happened in the S3 cliffhanger too). I think Raphael being here is directly linked to Simeon losing his powers. I think Michael has replaced him in whatever scheme they hinted at him having in the beginning of S3.

Simeon's Powers

We find out in the subnode that they be gone.

The implications are serious, because that likely means that Father has turned them off and he's displeased with Simeon for whatever reason. Simeon has not fallen, though, which makes me suspect we'll find a way to redeem him by the end of the season... or they'll be permanently gone (lol we never saw them outside of his TSL predictions anyway) and he'll be essentially turned human.

Lucifer of course lies poorly and insists he isn't concerned about Simeon. We all know he is.

Solomon's Grimoire

We learned in S1 and S3 that grimoires are demon souls and seem to be a demon codex that tell you everything you may want to know about a particular demon. It's clear they're very important and dangerous, and a demon giving a human their grimoire is the ultimate sign of trust.

Which one of these is Solomon casually carrying around with him?

I really hope they're not just turning them into spellbooks (which they conventionally are) for the sake of a plot macguffin.

My guess is one of the tertiary demons we've heard about (Dantalion, Astaroth, etc.) I'm intrigued either way.

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