Well. Wasn’t that interesting? Then again, maybe it wasn’t. Issues with family had to be one of the most common problems in existence; Gabriel family had just given everyone else’s precedence. The archangel regarded his companion for a moment, but the instant the old man looked back his expression morphed from thoughtful curiosity into a devil-may-care grin with hardly a falter.

“After what my family was doing in that ‘dream’, I’m probably luckier to be here,” he said with a snort and a flippant wave, stretching his arms up with the air of someone who was just saying things to save face, knew it was obvious, and maybe didn’t care. “No more familial responsibility! What could be better?”

Except for the part where he missed them anyway.