[We've always thought of things in centuries is so accurate, so precise, that he looks impressed. He puts his hand on his hips and tilts his head to look at her. There is a flash - a flash of judgement. The archangels do not judge however, that's her but it drops and then he looks interested.
And then tired, but. Less tired then he did.]
...You are the most aware human being I have ever encountered. You and your family. I am...very glad to know you.
[If a being can still look like a man, but also look like an animal, that is Gabriel next however.]
...It's interesting. I'd never conceived that a human being could...respond like a celestial creature would. We think in terms of centuries, of millennia. Just because a planet ends doesn't mean the universe does. The stars in the sky we laid are vast.
[He seems on the verge of saying something else then but it leaves him feeling twisted because it means - in his mind - why would you want to stay. The notion of human beings spreading to Alpha Centauri for instance, or to any of the other planets...
The notion that might be okay dances across his mind but the planet they made with her blessing and her will...well. They'd miss it.
He looks like a man again.]
...Let's go find some place to clean up. I could tell you something about heaven while we rest. We have a window that shows all of the things that mankind has ever created.
Blame, or thank, Agnes for that. We might have been a regular kind of family otherwise, but she gave us that perspective, set our sights on the far future. Had us preparing for it.
But— yes. That sounds like a good plan. Do you get tired? I'm tired, after all, but I do live here in Jeopardy. Come on.
[ And Anathema crooks out an arm, and loops it through Gabriel's elbow like they're just a pair of old-fashioned lady and gent out for a stroll — though she does lean against him a bit, he's sturdy like rock, his body inhumanly solid — and they start walking, and he distracts her with stories of heaven. ]
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And then tired, but. Less tired then he did.]
...You are the most aware human being I have ever encountered. You and your family. I am...very glad to know you.
[If a being can still look like a man, but also look like an animal, that is Gabriel next however.]
...It's interesting. I'd never conceived that a human being could...respond like a celestial creature would. We think in terms of centuries, of millennia. Just because a planet ends doesn't mean the universe does. The stars in the sky we laid are vast.
[He seems on the verge of saying something else then but it leaves him feeling twisted because it means - in his mind - why would you want to stay. The notion of human beings spreading to Alpha Centauri for instance, or to any of the other planets...
The notion that might be okay dances across his mind but the planet they made with her blessing and her will...well. They'd miss it.
He looks like a man again.]
...Let's go find some place to clean up. I could tell you something about heaven while we rest. We have a window that shows all of the things that mankind has ever created.
doneski or yours to wrap?
But— yes. That sounds like a good plan. Do you get tired? I'm tired, after all, but I do live here in Jeopardy. Come on.
[ And Anathema crooks out an arm, and loops it through Gabriel's elbow like they're just a pair of old-fashioned lady and gent out for a stroll — though she does lean against him a bit, he's sturdy like rock, his body inhumanly solid — and they start walking, and he distracts her with stories of heaven. ]
doneski!