Gabriel laughed. "No, not really. He has nothing against health or soldiers keeping in shape, as far as I know. It's just... a sort of sensitive issue." Well, he'd already seen the angels training. "Angels and demons have been fighting for millennia, and he's trying to change the current state of things. There's nothing wrong with friendly fights, of course; we had a paintball war the other day."

Earl Grey was pressing against Duncan's hand, purring softly.