Aziraphale decided that this conversation was probably going to need more tea, and drained his cup to make a new one immediately. "Death."
He coughed. "Well. I'm not certain you want to know all the mysteries of the universe just yet. Them being mysteries for a reason; the whole of death (and Death, who's a very nice poker player once you get to know him) is intrinsically ineffable.
"But," he continued, against all reason, "there is a Heaven. I cannot know if your friends are there but if they were good-" godly, moral, "-then they'll be up there." The angel picked up his new cup of tea and watched it, deciding it needed more sugar, and added a cube manually.
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Date: 2006-09-26 06:48 am (UTC)Aziraphale decided that this conversation was probably going to need more tea, and drained his cup to make a new one immediately. "Death."
He coughed. "Well. I'm not certain you want to know all the mysteries of the universe just yet. Them being mysteries for a reason; the whole of death (and Death, who's a very nice poker player once you get to know him) is intrinsically ineffable.
"But," he continued, against all reason, "there is a Heaven. I cannot know if your friends are there but if they were good-" godly, moral, "-then they'll be up there." The angel picked up his new cup of tea and watched it, deciding it needed more sugar, and added a cube manually.