"I didn't wait too long to find out. Soon as I sent you here, I led him in the opposite direction. He didn't.. didn't get why it didn't end the way he wanted it to."

Well. That remained to be seen, really.

Lucifer had forgotten what love, what real affection meant. So he didn't understand why things hasn't immediately ended in anger and recrimination.

"I didn't want to give him a chance to change his mind. So I sent you here. Where you'd be safe."

Not the most eloquent of answers, but it was something.