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Date: June 9, 2000
Status: Private (Adam, Gabriel)
Setting: Hospital
Summary: Checking in on Mictain (cont. from here)

Adam's trainers made little squeaky noises as he walked down the pristine hallways of the hospital wing that smelled strongly of disinfectant. He'd slept for two hours. He could have slept for ten, but he'd promised he'd come back and Adam always kept his promises.

Turning the corner, he found Mictain resting comfortably, eyes shut and breathing normally. Adam checked his pulse, looked at the neat row of stiches, and glanced up to see Gabriel watching him from across the room. He waved a quick greeting, not wanting to disturb the demon or the little imp asleep at the bottom of his bed, and crossed to where the archangel was standing.

"Everythin' all right?"

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That made Adam snort in amusement. "God never promised anyone that life would be fair," he said. "He didn't even except his own Son. And I won't pretend that it's been easy. But for all that I'm doin' my part, you all are doin' yours. If I'm providin' the safety, you're providin' the change."

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Gabriel said nothing in reply, simply gazed at Adam with impassive blue eyes, and in that moment, began to feel as though the idea of such was more admirable than foolish; began to feel a twinge of guilt that the Son of Satan held more hope in his heart than he, an angel of the Lord. But awareness of the Presence once more settled over him, comforting, cleansing, like some light misting of rain in the way it cleared his head; and there was something more there, as well. Adam, he realized: his good intentions in that moment overriding the archangel's own sense of doubt.

He smiled at the boy, or maybe to himself, and remarked quietly, "You are infinitely surprising, Adam Young."

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Sensing that Gabriel had found some of what he was looking for, Adam half-smiled and looked away, feeling a little self-conscious. "Well, bein' predictable is borin', right?" he replied. "But mostly I'm just me. I dunno how to be anyone else."

He turned to glance at the demon again. "So, did you want to take a break then?"

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There were, as it happened, very few places in the infinite universe that Gabriel wanted to be less than this room of this infirmary at this time, but he restricted himself to saying merely, "I would, if you don't mind, yes."

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"Go on, then," said Adam with a faint smile. "I'll be here 'til you come back. Take however long you need, Gabriel."

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Gabriel started to reply, but the words seemed too utterly lacking in the face of what had already been said; so he simply returned the Antichrist's faint smile, and slipped away.