"Of course I don't make that call," Gabriel replied, calm. He had no real wish to fight with Crowley again, and not over this. This argument grew brittle, more stale each time he was forced to revisit it. And yet, were he to find himself in those same circumstances over again, the angel was almost sure he would make the same choice. "And I never told him... I suppose he's never mentioned his poor timing in the matter? The end of the world was slated to kill Constantine long before the cancer ever would. I don't think I need to remind you how that didn't quite meet our expectations, but it was laughable at the time to be expected to worry about one man's..." And still, the words were sour, and he could not quite speak them without some effort.
He was rather surprised to see the demon just putting these pieces together now, however; he would have expected Constantine to have shared that story with the demon, possibly even with Aziraphale, long before now. Gabriel had pieced together much of it himself, mostly through bits and barbs traded with the mortal. It was possible he had enough evidence even now to deduce the rest on his own, but this particular subject was not one the angel cared to dwell on, and Crowley was right about one thing: he'd never given much thought to the consequences.
But something else the other said caught the angel's attention more violently than these recognizable ruts in the subject matter. "What do you mean? What does Belial have to do with any of this?"
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Date: 2007-06-22 08:30 am (UTC)He was rather surprised to see the demon just putting these pieces together now, however; he would have expected Constantine to have shared that story with the demon, possibly even with Aziraphale, long before now. Gabriel had pieced together much of it himself, mostly through bits and barbs traded with the mortal. It was possible he had enough evidence even now to deduce the rest on his own, but this particular subject was not one the angel cared to dwell on, and Crowley was right about one thing: he'd never given much thought to the consequences.
But something else the other said caught the angel's attention more violently than these recognizable ruts in the subject matter. "What do you mean? What does Belial have to do with any of this?"