It was all Ellie could do to maintain a neutral expression. She knew Uriel sometimes used a pseudonym, and that angels routinely engaged in varying degrees of deception by omission, but she'd never actually heard one tell a bald-faced lie before--wouldn't have placed money it was even possible, in fact.
Guess He really has relaxed the standards since I got the pink slip, she thought, not without bitterness, but she wasn't about to call Uriel out on it in front of the human. There'd be better opportunities to use the information, no doubt.
"Mm-hmm, he's a charmer," she said with a tight smile, wondering what Uriel would do if Luna asked to hold the kid. His wings would be kind of hard not to notice even under the blanket.
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Date: 2007-02-09 12:44 pm (UTC)Guess He really has relaxed the standards since I got the pink slip, she thought, not without bitterness, but she wasn't about to call Uriel out on it in front of the human. There'd be better opportunities to use the information, no doubt.
"Mm-hmm, he's a charmer," she said with a tight smile, wondering what Uriel would do if Luna asked to hold the kid. His wings would be kind of hard not to notice even under the blanket.