"You know I value loyalty, Jack, and I always take care of my people. I made you partner because I thought you could join us. I like what you've done for the firm, and I wanted to see what you'd do for our cause. So I needed to test you. But he said that however talented you may be, your energy signature was pointing in the opposite direction. You were the wrong energetic match, whatever that means. Anyway, I had to shut you out, Jack. I'm sorry."

"Don't be," I replied. "One of the few things I have left to be thankful for is knowing that I'm not responsible for this."

"Don't be too quick to judge," Morty said. "Your young protégé showed an interest."

I couldn't believe this. "Frank? That's impossible. He's a good kid. There's no way he'd voluntarily have anything to do with your maniacal satanic ambitions."

Morty laughed. "Well, not if I had sold it like that, Jack. You never really learned how to win people over, how to influence them to do your bidding, while getting them to think it was actually their idea. Maybe that's what Mrityu doesn't like about you."

"I've always preferred honesty over manipulation," I responded. "If that costs me a few friends or demonic connections, I'd say that's a price I'm willing to pay."

"Noble, Jack, but foolish. After all, which of us is on the side of the one now poised to rule the world? As for Frank, he was interested in growing his career, moving up in the world, and making the most of himself. I told him that I could help with that. Of course, I couldn't give him any specifics, not at this point. But I could begin testing him."

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