On a sillier note, I kind of have a scene in my head where Vel ends up in Gehenna and breaks Gortash's soul out while escaping, and at some point gets to ask the important question that's been weighing on his mind since they fought to the death:

"...Sooo, what were you going to do with my bones~?"

Durge should get a debuff condition at the start of that fight because they're too busy swooning.