It sounded like whining anyway. Any excessive speech on Raguel's part usually did. But it mattered little to Berith at that point as he was becoming acutely aware of Raguel's confusion at his own reactions. He tried to remember how he had reacted to his own corporeal form for the first few years, but he really couldn't; it was too natural now, to the point that even when he had no corporeal body it was easy to recall sensations, sounds, reflexes. Had he been so jumpy at the start?

Unfortunately, as he was thanked, Berith had the uncomfortable realization that he had no idea about whether or not the archangel was being sincere (nevermind how genuine it sounded - as if any angel ever had a problem appearing to be truthful). Which left him in a spot of trouble on how to react. His fractional pause might have been more telling than he liked before he managed to say, "See? Human manners; they're alarmingly useful on this plane. Particularly in this country. You'll get used to it."

After all, it wasn't as though he could say 'you're welcome'.