Maurice just stares at Nobunaga when he makes his joke like he might stare at paint waiting for it to dry. Luckily, he keeps talking and it manages to snap Maurice out of his little episode or whatever it was.

"Push back...y'mean that's an option here? I thought we just got pitched into a lake a' fire and that was it!"

Hope! There was hope! And this guy clearly knows way more about being a demon than he does so he makes it a point to hang onto the next words that come out of his mouth.