"Nightmare? That guy who toys with nightmares and fear?" Mephisto paused. "What do you need from him? His Dimensional Power traits? Does it have to be him?"
Odin scratched his scalp as well. He had never dealt much with that Dimensional Demon God and only knew that the traits of his Dimensional Power were quite unusual.
"His Dimensional Power will still be helpful for our next product." Luke said, "He can manipulate dreams. With some repackaging, that ability can harvest a considerable amount of energy from large populations of living beings. It can also establish the healthy energy cycle we have always wanted to create but have always fallen just short of."
"Then why not kill him?" Mephisto offered a suggestion that fit a Demon God's way of thinking.
"Kill him?" Strange looked at Mephisto. He had noticed that Mephisto's remarks always seemed to come with dangerous phrases like kill him.
What if there was a threat?
Kill him!
What if someone came to fight for a share of the profits?
Kill him!
What if someone blocked the way?
Kill him!
What if they needed someone's power?
Could they take that power? If they could, kill him!
Simple and efficient to the extreme. Perhaps, in the eyes of these Demon Gods, the purest and most convenient way to deal with enemies and rivals with conflicting interests was to destroy them.
That behavior went completely against Doctor Strange's professional instincts.
"We can't kill everyone." Luke rejected Mephisto's suggestion. "We can give him a probationary period first, see how he performs, then decide how much of a share to give him. Of course, he will need to offer something before he can truly join us."
"I don't think he'll go along with your ideas." Mephisto questioned Luke's words.
"We'll try first. If