This entire arc starts off with one question, a few pages in. Lucifer, what the fuck are you up to?
And now, let me add to that. He's retiring from being Lucifer, king of hell to just Lucifer, wandering fallen angel who doesn't have any remaining connections to the place. Hell, he even leaves the key to Hell itself with Dream.
Who's promptly mobbed by all sorts of diplomats trying to get it for their own purposes. From all sorts of mythology, including two of God's angels, Remiel and Durma. I'm fairly certain about that. This arc is mainly filled with diplomacy, and the subtle kind at that.
It's at this point I realized what an utter dick Lucifer was to Dream in giving him the key. Dream doesn't want to deal with this shit, but nope! Here he has a metric arse-load of delegates wanting the key to hell.
As before, this tale is freakishly well written. Maybe one or two of the supporting characters is weak, but the main characters and the antagonists ring stronger than ever. I'd love to say more, but this is just one of those things where if I say too much, I'm spoiling it for others! And I don't want to do that, this arc is good!
...I will say that the end left me in tears, and Dream grew up a bit in admitting he was a butt in the past.
