He took a moment to figure out whether that was an insult or not, and then another to figure out whether or not he cared. He decided that he didn't.
"Well, you know how it is. Back in my day we didn't have any of these newfangled M3P players and tellovision. We had to make our own entertainment."
At the very least, Gabriel was capable of being distracting. He'd spent so much time over the last few thousand years trying to distract himself that he'd got rather good at it, and Raphael was much less demanding than he was. He didn't seem to need scantily dressed women or elaborate cakes or even hilariously ironic murders. If all it took to keep his mind off things for a little while was a chat about nothing and something resembling a hug, Gabriel could do that.
"Either would bring dishonour on him, his family and his cow, so I think we'd better play it safe and make sure he's neither."
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"Well, you know how it is. Back in my day we didn't have any of these newfangled M3P players and tellovision. We had to make our own entertainment."
At the very least, Gabriel was capable of being distracting. He'd spent so much time over the last few thousand years trying to distract himself that he'd got rather good at it, and Raphael was much less demanding than he was. He didn't seem to need scantily dressed women or elaborate cakes or even hilariously ironic murders. If all it took to keep his mind off things for a little while was a chat about nothing and something resembling a hug, Gabriel could do that.
"Either would bring dishonour on him, his family and his cow, so I think we'd better play it safe and make sure he's neither."