"Well, he certainly seemed ready to fight because I called Uriel a whore. And he must have known he wouldn't stand a chance against me if it came down to that." He shrugged. "I've no idea what Uriel has done. At the time I was more convinced Pestilence had used Uriel's vulnerable mental condition on his advantage. I can only imagine how good it must feel to him to be around somebody so obviously ill."

He frowned, then. "Who's a bitch?" he asked, not making the connection between the term typically used to refer to female beings and the -- as far as he knew -- male Uriel. "And what does that have to do with this, anyway?"