"Oh stop, that's never who you were!" Aziraphale has his attention now; he's shoving the shadow-him out of the way like it's an overexcited dog and addressing his partner in full. "You were miserable with them. You've got too much of a mind and a heart left to ever be anything but miserable with those bastards."
"Ssso different," the shadow mocks, "ssso set apart, nothing in you of the monsters Above and Below. No part of you wants what they have, no part of you feels what they feel."
"Shut up." The sound of furniture being pushed aside. He doesn't open the door, but he's clearly close up against it now. "Mine's - mine's a Hell of a lot, is what he is, and he throws fits and says awful things, and he hates you. He hates everything. You don't deserve to feel the things he's giving off, you did everything you could. Just let me ride it out."
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"Oh stop, that's never who you were!" Aziraphale has his attention now; he's shoving the shadow-him out of the way like it's an overexcited dog and addressing his partner in full. "You were miserable with them. You've got too much of a mind and a heart left to ever be anything but miserable with those bastards."
"Ssso different," the shadow mocks, "ssso set apart, nothing in you of the monsters Above and Below. No part of you wants what they have, no part of you feels what they feel."
"Shut up." The sound of furniture being pushed aside. He doesn't open the door, but he's clearly close up against it now. "Mine's - mine's a Hell of a lot, is what he is, and he throws fits and says awful things, and he hates you. He hates everything. You don't deserve to feel the things he's giving off, you did everything you could. Just let me ride it out."