"How dare I?" Raphael shot back. "You are the ones who did wrong! And why shouldn't I be angry if it's merited?"
His eyes were glassy and blood-shot but he still held back his tears of anger and frustration.
"Oh Michael didn't say much," he snarled. "Only that he masturbates and lusts after my body. No, not much at all.
And apparently I am alone in find this... travesty to be unacceptable."
Raphael's face was flushed with rage and he too was trembling.
"What am I supposed to say to that? He was my compatriot! My leader! I listened to Michael as well as I do Him! And he would have dragged me down with him into his sordid passion.
I do not judge who Falls, Gabriel. But I know what makes one Fall - turning away from him and towards earthly goals instead of heavenly ones. And there is no pride in seeing another Fall, only a sense that justice has been rendered."
He looked down at the ground beneath him and shuddered.
"I do not wish to Fall. And I will not have you nor the demon Crowley nor Aziraphale nor even Michael tempt me. No one seems to care for what is proper, only for what feels good. But I refuse to be seduced by that, even if I am mocked, even if my prayers go unanswered. I will stand my moral ground...
Even if it means standing alone," he said and the tears spilled over.
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Date: 2005-12-14 11:47 pm (UTC)His eyes were glassy and blood-shot but he still held back his tears of anger and frustration.
"Oh Michael didn't say much," he snarled. "Only that he masturbates and lusts after my body. No, not much at all.
And apparently I am alone in find this... travesty to be unacceptable."
Raphael's face was flushed with rage and he too was trembling.
"What am I supposed to say to that? He was my compatriot! My leader! I listened to Michael as well as I do Him! And he would have dragged me down with him into his sordid passion.
I do not judge who Falls, Gabriel. But I know what makes one Fall - turning away from him and towards earthly goals instead of heavenly ones. And there is no pride in seeing another Fall, only a sense that justice has been rendered."
He looked down at the ground beneath him and shuddered.
"I do not wish to Fall. And I will not have you nor the demon Crowley nor Aziraphale nor even Michael tempt me. No one seems to care for what is proper, only for what feels good. But I refuse to be seduced by that, even if I am mocked, even if my prayers go unanswered. I will stand my moral ground...
Even if it means standing alone," he said and the tears spilled over.