Gabriel blinked for a moment and then threw back his head and laughed, clapping his hands. "Oh, this is wonderful. You've Fallen? Did you somehow miss the fact I haven't set foot in Heaven for two thousand years?"
He recovered himself with a huff, and any trace of amusement vanished completely. "This is one hell of an alternate reality construct if it's got members of the family who've lived a different history. Not even Lucifer has that power. Not and pull the wool over my eyes."
That's all it could be. It was the only way Aziraphale could have Fallen and not known that Gabriel, of all archangels, might be on his side; the only way he could be so terrified of being smote by the only archangel who had left. Now the real question was: was Azzy only a construct? Or was he real, as Gabriel was? Because if the latter, there was only one being who had that kind of power.
Gabriel scowled at the altar and pointed at it emphatically. "For the record, Dad, giving me a little brother to corrupt just makes this more interesting, not any more funny."
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He recovered himself with a huff, and any trace of amusement vanished completely. "This is one hell of an alternate reality construct if it's got members of the family who've lived a different history. Not even Lucifer has that power. Not and pull the wool over my eyes."
That's all it could be. It was the only way Aziraphale could have Fallen and not known that Gabriel, of all archangels, might be on his side; the only way he could be so terrified of being smote by the only archangel who had left. Now the real question was: was Azzy only a construct? Or was he real, as Gabriel was? Because if the latter, there was only one being who had that kind of power.
Gabriel scowled at the altar and pointed at it emphatically. "For the record, Dad, giving me a little brother to corrupt just makes this more interesting, not any more funny."