Somewhere in the back of his mind, Gabriel could hear Belial's words from what seemed ages ago (http://community.livejournal.com/neutral_omens/4551.html?thread=16583#t16583), accusing him of living in sheltered world. It had been true, to some extent: for at that time, Gabriel had had his concerns handed to him alongside his duties. They had been shared with most all of Heaven, and rarely had a shadow lurked nearby that he had had to face alone.
Now, it seemed, the fears he harbored were his own, and no one in Heaven would know, save One. He was seated across from an enemy whom he did not feel he could trust, not fully. Crowley was no longer one of his brethren, and what had he to offer the demon but some insubstantial idea of loyalty to a fugitive of Hell? In the end, it would be in Crowley's best interest to find the missing Crown, and the angel could not overlook this.
However, there was perhaps some tenuous balance to their current circumstance. After all, Crowley could have found some way to use Gabriel's situation to his advantage by now, but he had not; neither had Gabriel given away Crowley's tryst with another angel. Perhaps there was some bond forged by their time together under the same roof. Or perhaps it was simply that, in this moment, Gabriel had no one else.
"Will that cause too much trouble for you, saying you decided to come after me rather than following him when he made his presence known?" he asked, after the silence of his own musings. He recalled briefly the horrific images of finding Crowley unconscious on the hospital floor (http://community.livejournal.com/neutral_omens/122543.html); despite their differences, he had no wish to be the cause of further atrocity such as that. "Perhaps you could tell them that I was the one who forced Belial to betray his location, but by the time you arrived, you found only me?"
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Now, it seemed, the fears he harbored were his own, and no one in Heaven would know, save One. He was seated across from an enemy whom he did not feel he could trust, not fully. Crowley was no longer one of his brethren, and what had he to offer the demon but some insubstantial idea of loyalty to a fugitive of Hell? In the end, it would be in Crowley's best interest to find the missing Crown, and the angel could not overlook this.
However, there was perhaps some tenuous balance to their current circumstance. After all, Crowley could have found some way to use Gabriel's situation to his advantage by now, but he had not; neither had Gabriel given away Crowley's tryst with another angel. Perhaps there was some bond forged by their time together under the same roof. Or perhaps it was simply that, in this moment, Gabriel had no one else.
"Will that cause too much trouble for you, saying you decided to come after me rather than following him when he made his presence known?" he asked, after the silence of his own musings. He recalled briefly the horrific images of finding Crowley unconscious on the hospital floor (http://community.livejournal.com/neutral_omens/122543.html); despite their differences, he had no wish to be the cause of further atrocity such as that. "Perhaps you could tell them that I was the one who forced Belial to betray his location, but by the time you arrived, you found only me?"