"Anything He wants, really," Gabe answered, his attention clearly more on surveying Skul with concern than in actually answering the question. "If He's taking a human shape, He often goes with the 'Old Man of the Sea' or the grizzled cowboy kind of look. Not always, though."

He hesitated for a moment and then asked gently, "Are you okay?"

It hadn't occurred to him before, but suddenly the Archangel could well imagine what kind of revelation this must be. A great shock, a massive change of world-view. He hadn't known what that felt like a year ago, but now he did.