[ Oh. Right. Apologizing works better when he has something else to immediately walk away to do. He doesn't much care for that.
Aziraphale leaves that out of the turning gears for simplicity's sake. ]
If I do, I'll let you know. For the time being, it's been demoted. [ As a plan. It's plan B now. Or maybe plan "when Crowley falls asleep because there's nothing here of any use to sustain the Web and put more pep back into his step."
No need to waste time detailing that, though. He's doing... thoughts. This is very new territory on all sides. He's never done a different approach to handling these things. It merits the thinking. ]
You handled the dishes. [ With extreme prejudice. ] I'll handle dinner. Gives me something to do with my hands. Think I could do with that. It'll help me-- settle. [ Gives him something defined to focus on, which really does help. Something very now. Gives Crowley an excuse to have a rest as a side benefit, ideally.
It's not four blankets and a lot of twisting his fingers, but four blankets and twisting his fingers wouldn't be a very quiet cup of cocoa in the bookshop, either. These things happen. One must carry on. ]
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Aziraphale leaves that out of the turning gears for simplicity's sake. ]
If I do, I'll let you know. For the time being, it's been demoted. [ As a plan. It's plan B now. Or maybe plan "when Crowley falls asleep because there's nothing here of any use to sustain the Web and put more pep back into his step."
No need to waste time detailing that, though. He's doing... thoughts. This is very new territory on all sides. He's never done a different approach to handling these things. It merits the thinking. ]
You handled the dishes. [ With extreme prejudice. ] I'll handle dinner. Gives me something to do with my hands. Think I could do with that. It'll help me-- settle. [ Gives him something defined to focus on, which really does help. Something very now. Gives Crowley an excuse to have a rest as a side benefit, ideally.
It's not four blankets and a lot of twisting his fingers, but four blankets and twisting his fingers wouldn't be a very quiet cup of cocoa in the bookshop, either. These things happen. One must carry on. ]
If that's alright by you.