At first Gabriel didn't say anything. He hadn't really advertised what he was, except once when he was drunk to that British guy. And of course advertising it to his brothers didn't count.
He could say that he'd been a pagan god. He could keep that cover; only his brothers knew the difference. But pagan gods weren't actually all that powerful ... well, in comparison to angels, anyway. Still, the Doctor wouldn't know the difference. It wasn't like Gabriel had forgotten how to be the Trickster in a month.
"I taught you all your tricks."
Lies. Just more lies, on top of the ones the Caretaker was forcing on them, on top of the ones Gabriel had lived with for too long. He exhaled a long, weary sigh. "Because that kind of thing isn't possible to do to an archangel."
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He could say that he'd been a pagan god. He could keep that cover; only his brothers knew the difference. But pagan gods weren't actually all that powerful ... well, in comparison to angels, anyway. Still, the Doctor wouldn't know the difference. It wasn't like Gabriel had forgotten how to be the Trickster in a month.
"I taught you all your tricks."
Lies. Just more lies, on top of the ones the Caretaker was forcing on them, on top of the ones Gabriel had lived with for too long. He exhaled a long, weary sigh. "Because that kind of thing isn't possible to do to an archangel."