"Why do I resist? I woulda thought that you'd have figured that out a long time ago. I like all those things that you were talkin' about: the stars, and the galaxies, the Earth, and the air, thousands of years of life an' hope and people bein' people. Even the sad stuff is good 'cause it reminds people to not take life for granted. If I ever became what I was supposed to be, I'd hafta destroy all of that. Everythin'! Everythin' that God made with your help. And for no good reason."
He sighed as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders. It was.
"Maybe it's selfish of me to want to keep everythin' the way it is. And it's prob'ly hypocritical of me, seein' as I told them two to stop messin' around with stuff," he said, pointing to Crowley and Aziraphale, "but I'm part human too, and we don't always make sense."
He thought for a moment and continued, apropos of nothing, "You know, I saw a movie once. Said you gotta do what's good for the many over what's good for the few. Well, there's an awful lot of people that want to keep livin'..."
Adam spread his hands apart and shrugged. Then he looked, really looked, at Gabriel.
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"Why do I resist? I woulda thought that you'd have figured that out a long time ago. I like all those things that you were talkin' about: the stars, and the galaxies, the Earth, and the air, thousands of years of life an' hope and people bein' people. Even the sad stuff is good 'cause it reminds people to not take life for granted. If I ever became what I was supposed to be, I'd hafta destroy all of that. Everythin'! Everythin' that God made with your help. And for no good reason."
He sighed as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders. It was.
"Maybe it's selfish of me to want to keep everythin' the way it is. And it's prob'ly hypocritical of me, seein' as I told them two to stop messin' around with stuff," he said, pointing to Crowley and Aziraphale, "but I'm part human too, and we don't always make sense."
He thought for a moment and continued, apropos of nothing, "You know, I saw a movie once. Said you gotta do what's good for the many over what's good for the few. Well, there's an awful lot of people that want to keep livin'..."
Adam spread his hands apart and shrugged. Then he looked, really looked, at Gabriel.
"What about you? Do you want the world to end?"