A statesman and a lord, of the same nature but on opposing sides...oh dear, had he just walked into some sort of political struggle? It seemed hugely inappropriate here but then again many nonhumans had very strange priorities and he honestly wouldn't put it past the type or beings who carried grudges to death and beyond.

Abe really, really wanted his frontal lobe back so he could make sense of this mess. "I will keep my wits about me," he promised, hands folded together with the fingertips interlocked. What he didn't promise was who he'd believe, if either of them. Getting into such struggles meant trouble no matter which side you were on or who was in the right, something that Hellboy steadfastly refused to learn.