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I feel like Saint Nicholas is pulling my leg

[So. THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED, LONDON. It is Christmas. A light snow falls upon the city, and even the Old Ones seem quiet and non-existent against the hustle and bustle of people giving gifts or doing emergency shopping despite the chances that literally nothing is actually open right now.

But that's probably just wishful thinking. You could pretend, if you tried hard enough.

What are you doing?]

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[Sucks the guy hunting you is really good at finding things, isn't it?

On that note, there's a fan being flung at your head. It's only a wood one, so no worries.]

Wright, we need to talk.

[...at least he's straight to business?]

[Good for him. But he also threw something at a Head Inquisitor - which means it gets caught right before impact. Turning around to stare at the source and he's perfectly fine. The antichrist thing did nothing to damage him whatsoever.

Which means it's purely coincidence that he missed that angel ping so far, and still is. Minor details.]

Then talk. I have ears.

[What's that? grab the Dominion by the ear and drag? CAN DO.]

You may be fine airing your secrets in the street, but I've got built-in orders. Surely you haven't forgotten? It's bad enough I snuck out to come here.

[...wow, someone pissed in his cheerios today.]

[Wow, what's that mister grumpy? Twist your arm behind your back in the textbook restraint of 'say it or I break your arm off'. Who cares about your position, asshole, he never treated the Metatron with any more kindness than he did the Principalities.]

Good for you. I have a schedule to keep. So air your secrets in the street, or get lost.

[Face off of douchebags everybody.]

[Raziel growls, and smacks Will in the face with what amounts to where his wings would be. He does not need your bullshit.]

Dominion, if could just say it around anyone but you, I would have. And do you really want to talk about why you didn't hear me coming out here?

You fucking idiots can't remember any of our damn faces, I don't know why I even bother trying to do you a favor. I'm certainly not obligated, now let me go.

[...on the plus side, if Raziel's not saying it directly, that means no one else has picked up on it yet.]

[He gets about halfway through 'me' when he's let go. Good for him. Except 'let go' also means 'dropping him to the pavement'.]

You could've picked a better date for your favor, Raziel. Move or I'll drag you.

[Yes, this means he knew who he was from the start. Yes, this means it's also heavily implied he did it on purpose. Details details.]

Then pick better dates to be stupid next time. [He lands and immediately moves to walking instead of crumpling. He's...pretty used to being abused, honestly.]

You're still reported dead, you know. [By way of explanation why no one else showed up when he did other stupid shit.]

Don't come near my house. For your own well-being.

[Lion would shoot him for making him late. This is no exaggeration, and being an angel does not make him immune.

Oh, and look at that, confirmation of shit he already figures. So. Helpful.] I figured. Funny that being eaten alive means you're dead.

Figured that one out on my own, thanks ever so much. [He's not stupid, unlike other angel-like beings I could name.]

Be grateful this shard isn't closely watched, or that would have been corrected a year or so ago.

[STOP MURDERING CHURCHES, IT IS HIGH-PROFILE AS SHIT, DIPWEED.]

Happy to help an old friend. [Deadpanned like a master.]

And don't give me that. It's not watched at all. The only way to get closer to the bottom of the sea is to hit oblivion. Tell me if you find someone suicidal enough to scout here, other than you.

[SHUT UP, HE KNOWS, HE WASN'T EXACTLY IN A SANE PLACE AND IT WAS GOD'S FAULT ANYWAY.]

Ah, you always were sweet. [Just gonna perch on a chair in your office then. ...on the back of the chair, not the seat. Shut up, he doesn't like sitting normally.]

They can't sense him, or they would be. [WELL THAT WAS BLUNT.] You didn't know what he was the minute you saw him, either. Doesn't that seem a bit off?

[...He's not asking. Just blinking a bit at the sudden blunt statement. Nice change. Not questioning it.]

A bit. In my defense, I was a bit preoccupied with the fact the entire militant wing is getting fed false information.

[A small beep might go off in Raziel's head that that's why he fell. Don't question His orders. The antichrist thing just helped it along faster.]

It's funny the things you find out outside Heaven, isn't it? [Raziel smiles preeeetty bitterly, which is pretty much confirmation he already knew.]

It's not exactly false. In the 21st century he would be blond.

And we'd all know where he was, not just me.

[The smile he gets back at his question is a less blatant copy of Raziel's own. With a tinge of the knowledge he'll regret his mistake horribly in the coming months.]

So which is it. The kid himself's an abnormality, or did something else get involved with the system?

Neither.

It's Lucifer. If he was going to make a child, how do you think he'd do it? And do you think he'd settle with once, for all eternity, in every instance of his existence?

Of course. How stupid of me to think it'd be something original.

[Stupid morning star. No amount of slowly going insane will make him like that douche.] ...Then I don't care. As long as he's not keen on destroying the world, I'm fine with him.

[But only as long as he's not world-ending. It's that casual promise of 'if it becomes a monster, it will be equalized' that all those crazy militants do.]

Not so much original as the term is just too widely used.

...Most of his kind are killed before they ever reach adulthood. Not by the militant sector, I believe it's easier to get the mothers to do it.

[Just going to casually put that there.]

...Listen. As long as he still has something he wants more than destroying the world or...taking after his father, we won't be able to sense him as what he is, because he won't be, yet.

If he becomes that, he'll be significantly harder to neutralize, I believe.

[So don't let him get so low he wants to destroy the goddamn world, fuckass.]

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So keep giving him candy and shiny things so his attention span doesn't waver. You keep giving me such difficult assignments.

...Think that will keep him from following in his father's footsteps?

[Think about Sei, Will. Now think about the likelihood Sei is going to not only tell God to kiss his ass, but try to make it so.

good luck.]

My stance hasn't changed.

[He is amazingly civil and God-loving for a technical Fallen, but that response was way too automatic to be anything more than programming. Go figure why that hasn't worn off.]

...How admirable.

[There's nothing in Raziel's tone or posture that would give away that's not anything but a genuine compliment, but if Will thinks that was anything but Raziel being unable to directly call him a moron for defaulting to programming, he deserves all Raz's insults.]

...If any others come and know him for what he is, they won't wait for him to become a threat.

[Keep him hidden, keep him safe, unless you want to fight possibly unwilling participants.]

Thank Him for that.

[He sounds just as thankful as Raziel is. Which, translated, means thank you, be more passive-aggressive why don't you you little shit.]

My stance has not changed.

[That time, it was entirely him. This means things will now end really badly if anyone else shows up.]

That's what I expected from you.

...I don't feel like becoming an Old One, or having to unbecome one at the Gates, so I suppose I'm in for vacation.

He doesn't match the official descriptions, he can't be sensed, and I'm not assigned combat duty. If he's not broadcasting, it's not my problem.

[Read: I don't have to do a fucking thing to him if he behaves.]

If you can find Lambda, she's the only one of use that keeps going back and forth. Probably found a safe spot.

[Of course the only secret Raziel wouldn't have is one Lambda's camping on. The rest just earns a shrug. Translated, understood, no questions.]

Then great. You can find a new library to rot in.

[Snort.]

What would be the point? I don't have a bunch of principalities bugging me for information they don't have clearance for here.

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