"I chose not to be," Gabriel said with great dignity. "Besides, took you a while before you figured out I was lyin' about my name." Even though it wasn't exactly a lie--it was the nearest stranger-safe wording he had. He hadn't been lying about his name, but his identity, and once it 'came out' that he was an 'Ancient', Skulduggery had seemed fairly satisfied.
"Nope." The Archangel shook his head. "Nope, nope, nope." Then, finally, he laughed. "Think in this case Barney's better, seein' as his single guess was right. A decklid's the boot-lid, by the by. Just a fancy-schmancy name real hardcore car-fans use."
He winked at the man in the mirror, tilting his head in such a way as to indicate Skulduggery at 'hardcore car-fans'.
~~~
Really, there was no reason not to believe God was always free with information. It was just that people so rarely listened or, if they heard, understood. In any case, Ghastly's image of 'His boys' laughing together before Lucifer's Fall made the Old Man chuckle to Himself without explaining the context to the others.
"Can't really promise that, I'm afraid," God observed calmly. "Been a long time since the boy in question listened to anythin' I ever said, and of course I ain't gonna stop the others from tryin' to keep him on a leash if they wanna. Lucky they're pretty good at that."
He smiled agreeably. "'Course you will, if it'll help y'all fall asleep at night." He dipped His hat at Miss Guild once more. "Been a pleasure, little lady."
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"Nope." The Archangel shook his head. "Nope, nope, nope." Then, finally, he laughed. "Think in this case Barney's better, seein' as his single guess was right. A decklid's the boot-lid, by the by. Just a fancy-schmancy name real hardcore car-fans use."
He winked at the man in the mirror, tilting his head in such a way as to indicate Skulduggery at 'hardcore car-fans'.
~~~
Really, there was no reason not to believe God was always free with information. It was just that people so rarely listened or, if they heard, understood. In any case, Ghastly's image of 'His boys' laughing together before Lucifer's Fall made the Old Man chuckle to Himself without explaining the context to the others.
"Can't really promise that, I'm afraid," God observed calmly. "Been a long time since the boy in question listened to anythin' I ever said, and of course I ain't gonna stop the others from tryin' to keep him on a leash if they wanna. Lucky they're pretty good at that."
He smiled agreeably. "'Course you will, if it'll help y'all fall asleep at night." He dipped His hat at Miss Guild once more. "Been a pleasure, little lady."