"I think the shock of meeting me has worn off by now," Gabriel says with barely disguised amusement. "He's fine. Disappointed about no one he knows from your universe was here, but fine. And you tracking him down should make him feel better so far as that goes."

Then he cocks his head. "I won't bite if you ask questions. I'm the guy Dad sent out to tell people things, remember? That means questions once they're done either internally or externally having hysterics over coming face to face with an archangel. Possibly both. Michael would be another matter, but he's not here. Thankfully."

"And to continue the trend of answering things in the wrong order--" He gives her an unrepentant grin. "--We tend to get some version of 'you're not what I expected' a lot. Some of my sibs run fairly close to expectations, sure, but not all of us. Not even close."