"Demonic blood is powerful, it’s true; and the purer, the better. But the power attained through lineage, through birth, is far superior to being made of a common source as you are. My father taking my mother, even with her mortal infirmities, generated strength far beyond what my father had attained by himself. Any weakness the mortal side conveyed is sufficiently masked, or do I not stand before you as one of the Dark Lord’s inner circle?"