[His shoulders raised in an unoffended shrug, he was older than the human race, but his age didn't really bother him. A bonus of being immortal, he imagined.
Michael's eyes watched the flush deepen, moving from her cheeks to expand across her neck and chest. They stared at each other a moment, before her words struck him as peculiar.]
Cloudland?
[He skipped over the bit where she mentioned her aunt's cafe. He'd been in a few before, but never one located within Vega. It was the mention of a place called Cloudland that he found interesting.
She looked away from him, and Michael's eyes traced the curve of her jaw. Familiarity washing over him again, but, in a way, not from her physical appearance, rather, from something inside of her.]
I came to purchase peaches for a friend.
[He'd actually been wondering the market streets looking for another angel. He needed to find out if the angels hiding within Vega were joining him in his fight against Gabriel, or going to leave the city. Michael couldn't tell her that of course, as nobody knew there were other angels in Vega besides himself.]
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Michael's eyes watched the flush deepen, moving from her cheeks to expand across her neck and chest. They stared at each other a moment, before her words struck him as peculiar.]
Cloudland?
[He skipped over the bit where she mentioned her aunt's cafe. He'd been in a few before, but never one located within Vega. It was the mention of a place called Cloudland that he found interesting.
She looked away from him, and Michael's eyes traced the curve of her jaw. Familiarity washing over him again, but, in a way, not from her physical appearance, rather, from something inside of her.]
I came to purchase peaches for a friend.
[He'd actually been wondering the market streets looking for another angel. He needed to find out if the angels hiding within Vega were joining him in his fight against Gabriel, or going to leave the city. Michael couldn't tell her that of course, as nobody knew there were other angels in Vega besides himself.]
And what brings you here?