Ellie watched the archangel go in silence, and then picked up her book with a sigh, trying to find her place. Her mind wouldn't stay on the words.
Pregnant by a Horseman. Of all the idiotic mistakes an angel could make...and a habitually male angel, too. She shook her head tiredly. She felt vaguely sorry for Uriel, but she couldn't be sorry for having terrified her. Ellie had been frightened, too, fifteen years before; but as it had turned out, she hadn't been scared enough.
She wished she hadn't made a blanket promise not to tell anyone, though. John would want to know about this. He had his own reasons to resent the way she and Tali had been treated, though Ellie wasn't entirely sure she understood them, and he was also clever at coming up with ways to get people out of tight fixes. Maybe when she saw Uriel again she would drop the conjurer's name.
She tried not to think about the baby. Bitter envy would come all too easily if she dwelt on it for long, and that wouldn't be much help to anybody.
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Date: 2006-06-13 05:25 pm (UTC)Pregnant by a Horseman. Of all the idiotic mistakes an angel could make...and a habitually male angel, too. She shook her head tiredly. She felt vaguely sorry for Uriel, but she couldn't be sorry for having terrified her. Ellie had been frightened, too, fifteen years before; but as it had turned out, she hadn't been scared enough.
She wished she hadn't made a blanket promise not to tell anyone, though. John would want to know about this. He had his own reasons to resent the way she and Tali had been treated, though Ellie wasn't entirely sure she understood them, and he was also clever at coming up with ways to get people out of tight fixes. Maybe when she saw Uriel again she would drop the conjurer's name.
She tried not to think about the baby. Bitter envy would come all too easily if she dwelt on it for long, and that wouldn't be much help to anybody.