"Welcome to a place with people from multiple universes," Gabriel says dryly, smile becoming decidedly less chilly. "Different rules for different versions. I once referred to him as 'He Who Shall Not Be Named Lest He Pop Out Of Nowhere'. You're not someone he knows, so he... probably won't show up if you use his name."

It's true that while he's the most easy-going of the archangels, he can fairly rapidly snap into a rage if someone was fool enough to press his buttons. Even then, he's more likely to give someone a chance to decide it's not a good day to die than his brothers would. Granted, usually not that much of a chance.