Oh. [ Jack nods. ] If you met me only a short time ago, you wouldn't have seen one. I lost mine for a time, but it's back now.

[ It was a terrible time in his short life and he holds a lot of guilt and regret over what he did during that experience. Jack tried his best to be good but he just didn't seem capable of it truly. Great power is too dangerous for a soulless creature. He wonders if Emet-Selch would've seen the gaping emptiness inside of him for what it was then. Or just more endless but too brittle light. ]

There was one demon who pretended to be someone else to trick me. I nearly did something very bad because I thought he was a friend. Shapeshifters are dangerous that way.

[ Jack only figured out the deception when the others got in the way, otherwise he would have torn a hole into Hell and brought ruin to the Earth. He was only a few days old at that point, though, it wasn't entirely his fault he didn't know who to listen to.

Thomas gives them both a drink. Whether it's what either of them wants to drink or edible, that's up to question. ]

He was greedy, he wanted power.