Lucifer: Dearie me, these are atrocious. What self-respecting artist would actually display these?
Dan Espinoza: Dave Maddox isn't a real artist.
Lucifer: To say the least.
Dan: All of this is just a front. You see, criminals like Maddox, they use art sales to cover up money transfers. They can demand any price for a piece of art, and in return provide whatever it is their clients really want.
Lucifer: Can he provide an eye bath? I'll need one after this.
Everything's Coming Up Lucifer - S2-E1
Lucifer Morningstar: Hello. My name is Lucifer Morningstar, and I love drugs! Love them. Mmm. Yummy, yummy, yummy. Can't get enough. And I've got lots of money. [Pulls out cash and sniffs it.] Mmmm! That I love spending on drugs.
Answer: As Cain theorises in a later episode, it's Chloe's love, not presence. This early on, Chloe had no strong feelings for Lucifer, so had no effect on his immortality. In fact even more recently he's back to being invulnerable around her after speculation that he chose to let himself be vulnerable. So while there's a degree of flexibility / retconning going on, it's all explained in-show.
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