There were many things wrong with Gabe's response - chief among them that if one Archangel could open a door in the universe, then why couldn't another one do the same thing? - but Skulduggery was having a hard time keeping his thoughts coherent when the most interesting mental images kept trying to steal the spotlight.
Valkyrie's laughter petered off into the general sound and expression of someone who'd just seen a litter of newborn kittens. "You guys won teddy bears? Really?"
"Was there anything left over for anyone else?" Fletcher wanted to know.
"Whatever happened to the smiting?" Ghastly's face was hidden from Skulduggery behind the wing, but he could imagine the look on his friend's face - something like confusion and frustration rolled haphazardly into one. "And the wrath? Wasn't God supposed to be an angry person?"
"Actually," Skulduggery responded levelly, "I don't think God was supposed to be a person."
"What do you do with the teddy bears?" Tanith asked eagerly, finally over her own bout of laughter. "Do all the angels get one? Or is there a big basket of them up in Heaven or something?"
Skulduggery glanced towards Kenpeckle. As amusing as all of this was, he couldn't help being very aware of the amount of time this was taking. It wouldn't be long before Guild would come here - even shorter if the Grand Mage had seen the sort of condition Gabe was in during his split second glimpse - and Professor Grouse had made it very clear that his help came with the caveat of no Sanctuary cleavers.
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Valkyrie's laughter petered off into the general sound and expression of someone who'd just seen a litter of newborn kittens. "You guys won teddy bears? Really?"
"Was there anything left over for anyone else?" Fletcher wanted to know.
"Whatever happened to the smiting?" Ghastly's face was hidden from Skulduggery behind the wing, but he could imagine the look on his friend's face - something like confusion and frustration rolled haphazardly into one. "And the wrath? Wasn't God supposed to be an angry person?"
"Actually," Skulduggery responded levelly, "I don't think God was supposed to be a person."
"What do you do with the teddy bears?" Tanith asked eagerly, finally over her own bout of laughter. "Do all the angels get one? Or is there a big basket of them up in Heaven or something?"
Skulduggery glanced towards Kenpeckle. As amusing as all of this was, he couldn't help being very aware of the amount of time this was taking. It wouldn't be long before Guild would come here - even shorter if the Grand Mage had seen the sort of condition Gabe was in during his split second glimpse - and Professor Grouse had made it very clear that his help came with the caveat of no Sanctuary cleavers.