He could probably spin it as being something noble. Not wholesome or anything but definitely noble! Hell, he even believed it himself as long as he didn't think about it too hard, wasn't it noble to desire to die on his feet in battle against a worthy opponent? Absolutely nothing deeper to it.

Nothing at all.

"Of course. This sweep of Lust is but a temporary, necessary diversion from my true goal. It falls upon me, to excise these machines from Hell and restore some semblance of order, and I shall see this duty through." Hell was massive, every inch of it swarming with mechanical invaders. Gabriel wasn't necessarily being entirely truthful, when he said he intended to avert their tide... There was only one he really cared about personally stopping now.

"You keep laughing, I don't understand what the comedy here is. Are your siblings really that funny?"