though he’d never outright admit such a thing, the original reaper understood the sentiment behind the archangel’s actions. it had been his intention to protect the vessel whom he cared deeply for. so while death might give him a hard time about the amount of overkill involved, he couldn’t completely fault michael.
he over-exaggerates the motion as he steps over a severed corpse. the smell of death hung putrid in the air. ‘ i should have sent my brother. he’d have felt right at home in a settling like this one. though i can’t say he’d be very good at cleaning anything up. just the opposite, i’m afraid. ’
in truth, he wasn’t all that upset. in his countless years, this barely scratched the surface of the grisly atrocities he swept over. any of his countless reapers could get to work cleaning the mess up easily. ‘ you know, i could do both of us a favor and fashion something to make that vessel of yours near invisible to demons. ’