GOOD OMENS AU 2

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

Things are lost all the time.

[enigmaster]

Yes, of course, just... That doesn't make it a good thing. I mean... It matters an awful lot to them, doesn't it?

[agoodname]

I didn't say it was a good thing. Simply a thing. [and he hums a bit] It certainly does. But then, their lives are significantly different than ours.

[enigmaster]

You don't feel for them? At all?

[agoodname]

[Oswald props his chin on his hand for a moment and just studies Edward] ...no matter what kind of hand we have in it, they will always make their own decisions. So. Not particularly. [he cocks his head a bit to the side] You do, though.

[enigmaster]

...Yes. [Edward swallows. Logically, he knows he shouldn't. Not only are human lives just, small blips, really, but he's a demon. Still.] I do.

[agoodname]

[Oswald just...studies him a moment, then, curiously] You are certainly unique, Edward.

[enigmaster]

[He's not sure how to feel about that.] ...In a good way or a bad way?

[agoodname]

That remains to be seen, doesn't it? [he props his chin on his hand, studying Edward] We've got time, as far as I can tell.

[enigmaster]

Does it. [Hm.] And just what are you hoping to see, exactly?

[agoodname]

Honestly? [and here, he smirks] I don't have a single clue. You're entirely unpredictable.

[enigmaster]

Shouldn't an angel hate that?

[agoodname]

In theory, I suppose so. [flippantly, like it hardly matters]

[enigmaster]

And in practice... what? You're interested?

[agoodname]

I suppose you could say that.

[enigmaster]

I could, yes. But is that it or not? It's hard to tell with you.

[agoodname]

I'd prefer to keep it that way for a while longer, if you don't mind~

[enigmaster]

You're impossible.

[agoodname]

There are worse things to be.

[enigmaster]

Yes, very true. Like an angel, for example. Oh, wait.

[agoodname]

[....seriously. Oswald is going to roll his eyes at that, rather dramatically]

Really? That's what you're resorting to?

[enigmaster]

I'm a demon. What were you expecting?

[And Edward sticks out his forked tongue for a second. Like a child.]

[agoodname]

Something a little cleverer, I suppose.

Ah well. [he waves a hand, airily, like it's no matter]

[enigmaster]

They don't all have to be winners, angel.

[agoodname]

Hm. I suppose I just expected better from such a wily serpent.