"Oh!" Aziraphale waved his hands with a typical amount of ineffectuality when the man started coughing, then pulled himself together and slapped him on the back. He had never actually slapped someone on the back before, never having had this close of personal contact with people who actually breathed, but he felt he did an acceptable job.

"I'm really very sorry," he muttered over and over again as he whacked Owen on the back. "Really, truly sorry."