"There's other powers taking an interest in all this besides Hell, and I see no particular reason why Hell should be allowed to charge around making a reckless mess of things."
"Mine is not the gift of tact, especially to royalty. I don't trust you around Carissa Sevar. My options for doing something about that did include killing you by ambush and Teleporting with that overpriced headband of yours to someplace it wouldn't be easy to get back, which I do think would rather have impeded your meddling even after your resurrection. I chose to play somewhat nice instead. If there's to be no reciprocation in kind for that gracious forbearance, the next person who has that option - perhaps me again, someday you're not particularly expecting it - will not be so kind."