Uriel listened to Ellie's tale, deadly silent. She could tell that this was not just a story made up for cautioning; instead, this was a true tale -- Ellie's own tale, most probably.
Her eyes filled with tears that she could not stop, fear and sorrow fighting for the major vote in her heart. "How can such a thing happen?" she asked once Ellie had stopped speaking. "That's -- that's monstrous!"
She tried to wipe her tears away but they simply kept falling. "It was not His will that the angel was killed," she whispered. "The only punishment He ever commands upon any of his servants is the Fall -- I should know that. And nothing the angel did was worthy of that punishment."
She wanted to say more, but the words caught in her throat. Instead she now pressed her face against her knees and wept, the horror of the tale mixing with her own fears, making her unable to stop crying. If she'd before been distressed about the safety of herself and her child, now she was doubly so.
Before, she had only feared that demons might take advantage of her condition. Now she had come to know that her own brethren might actually be more of a thread.
Who could she trust anymore?
"Adam promised to keep us safe," she then murmured, more to reassure herself about that fact than to inform Ellie about it. "He promised to keep me and my child safe..."
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Date: 2006-06-12 08:43 pm (UTC)Her eyes filled with tears that she could not stop, fear and sorrow fighting for the major vote in her heart. "How can such a thing happen?" she asked once Ellie had stopped speaking. "That's -- that's monstrous!"
She tried to wipe her tears away but they simply kept falling. "It was not His will that the angel was killed," she whispered. "The only punishment He ever commands upon any of his servants is the Fall -- I should know that. And nothing the angel did was worthy of that punishment."
She wanted to say more, but the words caught in her throat. Instead she now pressed her face against her knees and wept, the horror of the tale mixing with her own fears, making her unable to stop crying. If she'd before been distressed about the safety of herself and her child, now she was doubly so.
Before, she had only feared that demons might take advantage of her condition. Now she had come to know that her own brethren might actually be more of a thread.
Who could she trust anymore?
"Adam promised to keep us safe," she then murmured, more to reassure herself about that fact than to inform Ellie about it. "He promised to keep me and my child safe..."