Not for the first time, Break wonders how an angel of Uriel's status could be such a silly person. Part of him wonders if the real explanation for his getting tossed out of heaven had less to do with dereliction of duty and more to do with beating God once too often at cards.
Uriel's phrasing also bothers him: unless you are planning to discard me for not being a proper heater... He recalls his instructions to Gilbert, all those years ago: discard me if I become no longer useful to you, and I'll do the same to you. It had been a ploy at the time, to convince the child to work with him, without having to take on the burden of trust. But that is not the relationship he has (had? will they ever meet again?) with Gilbert anymore (whom he still absentmindedly tries to call on his tablet, from time to time), and was never the relationship he had with Kevin.
He grins down at Kevin, leering.
"Well, well. It's not a problem. We'll just have to keep warm the old-fashioned way."
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Not for the first time, Break wonders how an angel of Uriel's status could be such a silly person. Part of him wonders if the real explanation for his getting tossed out of heaven had less to do with dereliction of duty and more to do with beating God once too often at cards.
Uriel's phrasing also bothers him: unless you are planning to discard me for not being a proper heater... He recalls his instructions to Gilbert, all those years ago: discard me if I become no longer useful to you, and I'll do the same to you. It had been a ploy at the time, to convince the child to work with him, without having to take on the burden of trust. But that is not the relationship he has (had? will they ever meet again?) with Gilbert anymore (whom he still absentmindedly tries to call on his tablet, from time to time), and was never the relationship he had with Kevin.
He grins down at Kevin, leering.
"Well, well. It's not a problem. We'll just have to keep warm the old-fashioned way."