At the sight of Uriel's heartbroken expression Gabriel's own expression mirrored it, especially when Uriel took the furthest chair. It seemed as though he could not do anything right when it came to his brother, no matter how hard he tried.
He was momentarily relieved when Uriel clothed himself - he had been trying extremely hard to not notice his brother's nudity or think of whom what Uriel had likely been doing - but then he actually saw the robe and really, it was no better. Averting his eyes, he folded his wings away and dimmed his Grace a little, hoping that it would cause less pain for Uriel this way but unwilling to hide it completely, and very briefly entertained the idea of chopping Belial's head off.
Clearly, agreeing to stay for a while had been a mistake. Still, he shifted awkwardly in his chair and took a cupcake that had blue sprinkles on its frosting, picking a couple off for lack of something to do with his hands and nibbling on them. For some reason he was reminded of the myth of Persephone and the literary tradition of a taboo against eating food in other realms, but dismissed it. Lucifer was no Hades, and eating something in other realms had never had an effect on him before. He was a little surprised, though; if forced to think of something the ruler of Hell would offer his guests to eat, cupcakes would not have been his first thought. "Thank you, Lucifer."
He cast about for something to say, and finally settled on, "How have you been?"
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Date: 2013-06-05 08:26 am (UTC)He was momentarily relieved when Uriel clothed himself - he had been trying extremely hard to not notice his brother's nudity or think of
whomwhat Uriel had likely been doing - but then he actually saw the robe and really, it was no better. Averting his eyes, he folded his wings away and dimmed his Grace a little, hoping that it would cause less pain for Uriel this way but unwilling to hide it completely, and very briefly entertained the idea of chopping Belial's head off.Clearly, agreeing to stay for a while had been a mistake. Still, he shifted awkwardly in his chair and took a cupcake that had blue sprinkles on its frosting, picking a couple off for lack of something to do with his hands and nibbling on them. For some reason he was reminded of the myth of Persephone and the literary tradition of a taboo against eating food in other realms, but dismissed it. Lucifer was no Hades, and eating something in other realms had never had an effect on him before. He was a little surprised, though; if forced to think of something the ruler of Hell would offer his guests to eat, cupcakes would not have been his first thought. "Thank you, Lucifer."
He cast about for something to say, and finally settled on, "How have you been?"