"Uriel's pregnant?" Mictain's eyes flew wide. "Bloody Heaven. I wasn't sure they'd even got past kissing, given Uriel's usual behaviour... Are you sure?" He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts. "No, of course you're sure. You wouldn't say so otherwise. But still..."
He took a moment to try to sort out his thoughts. In the six millennia he'd known Uriel the archangel had never, to his knowledge, made an effort. He'd been shocked enough to learn that he would know as far as kissing and presumably making an effort. But this? Being actually pregnant? This was... un-Urielish.
"Somehow, I can't believe either of her," he still said, "and I do think I knew her better than anybody else. But yet... it must be one or the other, mustn't it? With the way Pestilence reacted, I don't think he would have left her voluntarily. And if he was still with her and had got her pregnant, he would visibly support her -- if she let her. He hardly would just abandon her after threatening to attack me just because I called the angel names."
He sighed, again running a hand through his hair. "So, either Uriel's quite a bit different from what I figured... or Pestilence is just about suicidal. Somehow, I think the former is the more probable option." He narrowed his eyes. "I'll find out the truth yet. I can't imagine why she would want a child, though... So she must have cheated on him, then. Or maybe she got pregnant by accident and deserted him because of it. But it doesn't make any sense, either..."
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He took a moment to try to sort out his thoughts. In the six millennia he'd known Uriel the archangel had never, to his knowledge, made an effort. He'd been shocked enough to learn that he would know as far as kissing and presumably making an effort. But this? Being actually pregnant? This was... un-Urielish.
"Somehow, I can't believe either of her," he still said, "and I do think I knew her better than anybody else. But yet... it must be one or the other, mustn't it? With the way Pestilence reacted, I don't think he would have left her voluntarily. And if he was still with her and had got her pregnant, he would visibly support her -- if she let her. He hardly would just abandon her after threatening to attack me just because I called the angel names."
He sighed, again running a hand through his hair. "So, either Uriel's quite a bit different from what I figured... or Pestilence is just about suicidal. Somehow, I think the former is the more probable option." He narrowed his eyes. "I'll find out the truth yet. I can't imagine why she would want a child, though... So she must have cheated on him, then. Or maybe she got pregnant by accident and deserted him because of it. But it doesn't make any sense, either..."