Sand in the wind

Lex had thought he knew what to expect. He had considered many insidious evils that Damien could enact on his sisters. But of all of them, setting Liz up for marriage… was not what he had expected.

"He wanted to see if she could pass on the affinity," Lex said, accurately guessing his reasoning, or at least his excuse.

"Yes. For that he was very particular about wanting to find the right match. But at the same time, he really wanted your parents to approve of the marriage as well. The excuse he gave was that he was trying to rebuild bridges and mend their relationship. More realistically speaking, he probably wanted your mothers expertise in ensuring that the offsprings would be geniuses as well."

It's good to know that his grandfather was quite dutiful in ticking off all the boxes in being just an all round scummy guy.

Of his sisters, Liz was the most introverted. He supposed constantly getting wedding proposals would make any person antisocial.