“ What do you mean? ” he asks with a tilt of his head. Azrael’s maw fits like pieces of a puzzle, and his feathered wings beat like a winter evening’s gentle breeze. Azrael ponders a response, gentle hands pressed together as frost nearly coated the outer skin between them. He was just that cold.
“ I was there when the beginning was created. I was present during the abyss, the bloom of life, and I am there when it all inevitably ends. ” His words are soft, almost a hushed whisper considering just how powerful an angel’s voice could be. It’s obvious the effort he put in to remain quiet. “ I will be there when it ends. There are few methods to ending my existence, but without me... who would there be to carry out my task? There is no angel of death after me, and there was never one before me. ”