This story is getting complicated.
I sighed. “Tell me, Forfax: the War between Heaven and Hell. Who won it?”
He scowled at me. “Screw you.”
“Sorry, let me start. I’ll admit it: Heaven lost the War.”
The demon had been with the Embassy long enough to notice the lack of cacophony that accompanies a lie in Heaven. He looked around, confusedly. “Hold on. We lost the War!” Then his eyes widened, because there was no cacophony there, either.
I nodded. “Exactly. We both lost. Your War aim was to retake the Eternal City. Ours was to lock you away forever. Neither side has accomplished its goals. Instead, we have an armistice. More: we have a status quo. And nobody can quite say how it took root.”