"Did I say 'no reason'?" Gabriel asked innocently. Entertainment was a reason unto itself, after all, even though Gabriel, deep down, didn't truly believe Dad would use such a frivolous excuse. "Who knows what He's thinking? I don't. Hardly ever have, even when I was still being a good son."

Which was probably why there'd been a few, er, incidents during his tenure. Well, how was he meant to know the three wise men would lose their way if he left them to have a bit of downtime while on Earth? They were meant to be wise men. He would've thought it was obvious you don't go announcing to a king that a new king just got born in his own country.

Philosophers. They never stopped to think things through. (... To a relative degree, of course.)

He drained the rest of his beer and held up his hand before the server could escape. "Me too!"