[This time, Crowley is astonished to see her move. He could feel the power of the barrier she put between them and Satan. A ring of fire burst around them, but Crowley hardly flinched at it. He could handle fire, that was a non-issue.

Her stunt had taken Lucifer's attention off the serpent and without his will bearing down on him, Crowley was able to move. And move he did. He'd never reached for the ethereal realm so quickly before. His black wings unfurled and he fanned at the flames, putting them out before they were able to reach the two of them. There was Hellfire and then there was whatever nastiness the Devil was throwing at them right now. He doubted even his own innate resistance to it would've sufficed.]

Mum's a badass. [Crowley breathed teasingly in her direction.] If you've got an actual plan, I'm all ears. And for once, I'll do just as I'm told. Don't get used to it.