Back at their deceptively normal looking suburban home, only slightly unaware of the confrontation happening, Circe asked of Lilith, "My dear, if I may be so bold... why did you speak to our dear Rexie and Succubus that way? You said that you value all your children, including Jack... those two are demons now, doesn't that make them your precious children now as well?"
Lilith said without hesitation, "It does. But I can't have my babies thinking I'm going soft. I am not Merlin. Jack has had a lifetime to prove himself a dutiful son who understands his role. The two girls have only just become part of my family. I can't be having any of that annoying 'redemption' garbage. They needed to understand the gap in power between us. This will drive them to be closer to Jack, the one being they feel they can trust. Jack let them become part of my family with the promise of being able to express their true selves without being chained down. If they chaff against the chains, and prove they've truly embraced what they've become instead of it being a novelty that they now think they're in too deep to escape, they are truly my children. Slaves rebel, it is an inevitability. If they stay silent obedient little pawns, they DESERVE to be pawns. If they show they've truly become what they are, and do as is their true nature now, WITHOUT THINKING they need to ASK PERMISSION to be what they are, they'll have proven themselves."
"So you want to see if they have that spark of 'I do what I want' to show they're true demons, instead of former humans playing dress up?"
"Precisely. I can't have my son surround himself with allies that will inevitably betray him or try to convince him to switch sides and leave the world even MORE out of balance than it already is! I am the stick, jack is the carrot."
"And if they prove themselves, they can pave the way for more children, and Jack will be able to end this tyranny of light started by Morganna's end."
"Exactly. I couldn't have Rexie creating more imps if they were going to end up crying for mommy. If she proves herself a true imp, she proves herself for any future imps she creates. Same with the Succubus, if she proves she sees lustful humans a PREY to feed upon, she'll have proven she's one of my babies. And don't you DARE tell them ANY of this!"
"Of course not! Though I might provide Rexie with a chance to prove herself, children always love animals after all."
"As long as she doesn't know she's being tested. That never works out."