Illuvatar and Ala - The Inversion

Ala and Melkor are immediately appearing as opposites here. The degree of inversion really carries through that sort of arc that both of them go through. As Ala rebelled in secret, but when confronted by Illuvatar, he was honest and he was contrite. In the moment that he says it, which I don't think... Did you get to that one? No, I didn't. I thought we were the dwarves quail from the doorbell."