004- Yeah, I just wanted an excuse to use these icons. :|

[painhumbles]

[People imagine Heaven as a land of clouds and golden pathways and citadels and perhaps it is, but Heaven's a state of mind, a place woven by the people who end up there. For angels, it's usually the same, but for an angel who has abandoned Heaven, it could be anything they choose to remember it being. In this case, it's a snow-covered garden- The

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[loisfuckinglane]

[From behind Gabe, suddenly]

Lucifer? Really?

... I figured he'd be taller.

NO NEVER. 8|

[painhumbles]

[HOLY WHAT THE FUCK- Oh it's you.]

You should see his other vessel. D'you mind? I'm having a moment.

YES FOREVER

[loisfuckinglane]

Actually, I do mind. I don't know how I got here, but I didn't plan on attending this particular garden party.

[painhumbles]

So you just took a wrong turn at the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge?

[loisfuckinglane]

At least I didn't somehow take a U-turn at puberty. What happened to you?

[painhumbles]

[HDU MOCK HIS DREAM, LOIS. HDU.]

If this was a real flashback, everyone in it would be four-faced, hundred-winged balls of light. I was going for "Hallmark card," not "B-Movie."

[loisfuckinglane]

So this is how you idealize your... family?

[painhumbles]

[SHRUG.

...That's a yes. He's just too manly to admit it. Unfortunately, it's hard to be manly when your cute teenager puppy face is a sad puppy face.]

[loisfuckinglane]

Relax. You're not the only one who likes to dream a little dream of family bliss that never really was.

[painhumbles]

I've got a reputation. And if I'd known this was open season, I woulda gone with the B movie.

[loisfuckinglane]

Would it have come with Godzilla vs. Mothra?

[painhumbles]

Yes. It's a perfect metaphor for the whole Paradise Lost thing.

[loisfuckinglane]

If I'd known that, maybe I would have actually read that.