Believe me, if it were businessmen, I'd have them quaking not the other way around. No, it's my boss. The big boss, Satan himself. The angel and I mucked about his whole doomsday plan. We've grown quite fond of the world and weren't ready for it to end.

[Crowley tipped his glasses back into place, somewhat relieved she'd taken them so well.]

That's because they are snake eyes. I'm a demon, but I'm also a serpent. All us Fallen angels are different. Like humans have different eyes, demons do too. But I appreciate the romanticising comparison to a Disney princess. I feel quite more like Beast than Bell.

[Did that make Aziraphale Bell? He was not entertaining that thought further. Child, what have you done to his normal thought processes?]