... well, you've Fallen. Gabriel refrained from pointing out the obvious; he had always assumed that Falling would lead to agony at losing His Presence, at least at first. "I thought - never mind."

He was silent for a moment before finally asking what he truly needed to know. "Uriel, why? Why did you -" Even now, he couldn't quite bring himself to say it out loud, though he couldn't stop his gaze from flicking briefly to Uriel's aura again.