"Wouldn't expect you to." He's well aware, after all, that Raphael would know exactly what to say if he really wanted to hurt him. This isn't that, though; this is just cheerful teasing and he's very, very grateful for it.

"I know. If he was less stubborn, or less sure he was doing the right thing all the time..." But there's no way to talk him out of either of those things, and any force Heaven has tried to use only seems to have made it worse. "I suppose it doesn't matter at the moment, does it? He's not messing with anything important here. And there's enough of us here to knock some sense into his thick skull if he does."

It's not exactly volunteering to help. If Gabriel ever actually did that - or even stopped being self-absorbed long enough to figure out his help was needed at all - the world might implode. But it's maybe enough of a prod for Raphael to say something.