"Hmm, really? Another of us." And from a whole other reality, at that. Maybe this angel would prove to be slightly intelligent and useful. Maybe they too wouldn't be loyal, brainwashed soldiers. And maybe Balthazar might start dancing and stop drinking.

Still, even if he wasn't very sure about this other angel, one could still hope. It was something to mull over, at least; just one more piece in the game to figure out.

But, wait, afterlife? "What's to say it is the afterlife, as you have so colorfully put it?"