[Justness, of course, is its own reward. Neither is it their place to judge their Father; God was above them and their judgement both. These are absolute truths to Michael. Time and time again, Lucifer fails to win him over because he bases his arguments in a mindset that Michael can't understand or accept. Hadn't it been Lucifer, after all, who had first put aside affection and brotherhood to pursue his own ends?

Song is less direct than Michael cares for, and it takes him a moment of standing and tense wing-twitching to process the lyrics. He's almost suprised he doesn't break out into song again himself when he speaks, glad that his voice remains firm:]

That was a long time ago. If you're feeling nostalgic for times past, remind yourself that it was your own actions that brought an end to them.

[It's more than Lucifer's voice that had been beautiful, once, but hearing Nick's voice raised in song, wavering and imperfect as Lucifer's had never been, drives home how much of his brother has been lost.]