You don't meet a devil; you meet a decision wearing a handsome coat. He doesn't need your faith—he needs your line in the sand, because he intends to redraw the map with it. Stand with Lucian and you'll call it justice; stand against him and you'll learn how fragile your institutions are.
"Here's tonight's choice: I can crash the bank that launders bribes, or I can keep the lights on at the children's ward it sponsors. Tell me where you stand, and I'll show you what your morality costs in real numbers."