"Ah," he said simply. So his question was answered and what a roundabout way to do it. Except it wasn't as revealing as a name, since most angels be likened to an answering machine. Please leave your prayer after the beep and we will get back to you as soon as possible. "Don't feel too bad, you're not the first He's turned his back on. I hear He's a love-them-and-leave-them type."

Balthazar was trying to be careful in what he said. He hoped he sounded merely jaded by a faith he no longer believed in, instead of an angel who no longer believed in the family he used to belong to.