Matter of perspective. [ The perspective where Aziraphale decides that's how it works and pretends that's how it works until the last possible moment. Which was always nice for things like stoves, back when stoves listened to him. Not so nice for things like forced eldritch hunger.
Well. No matter. The Eye is probably fond of selecting patrons with a certain level of that sort of fear. Just goes to show.
The matter more at hand is to weigh his odds of successfully lying to Crowley's face in this moment. They're not very good odds. There's no appeal to adding the guilt of the attempt to the stack of unpleasant things they're cultivating, either. So he can't look at Crowley and say he wouldn't be arguing for the same thing from the other end, ultimately. He's busy not being able to look at Crowley at all. ]
It's both ways around. The Web is just prissy. [ Is "it's both ways around" a sentence that's real? He is tired and doesn't care.
Never mind that it would definitely be different if the situation were reversed, for Reasons.
Aziraphale still takes a considerable pause to mull it over. And to deliberately put things off, as metaphorical nails in coffins go. ]
Best get it over with.
[ The sooner it's done, the sooner he can start working out how to avoid Crowley after the weather breaks, considering they live together. ]
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Well. No matter. The Eye is probably fond of selecting patrons with a certain level of that sort of fear. Just goes to show.
The matter more at hand is to weigh his odds of successfully lying to Crowley's face in this moment. They're not very good odds. There's no appeal to adding the guilt of the attempt to the stack of unpleasant things they're cultivating, either. So he can't look at Crowley and say he wouldn't be arguing for the same thing from the other end, ultimately. He's busy not being able to look at Crowley at all. ]
It's both ways around. The Web is just prissy. [ Is "it's both ways around" a sentence that's real? He is tired and doesn't care.
Never mind that it would definitely be different if the situation were reversed, for Reasons.
Aziraphale still takes a considerable pause to mull it over. And to deliberately put things off, as metaphorical nails in coffins go. ]
Best get it over with.
[ The sooner it's done, the sooner he can start working out how to avoid Crowley after the weather breaks, considering they live together. ]