"Silverton? Is that a name?"

As the Angel of Birth, Gabriel knew everyone's birth name; he was used to knowing it on sight. Yet he did not know this man's name, and it was frustrating. How could he not know someone's name? The man had to have been born in the usual way, after all.*

"Might I know your name?"


* Yes, that included babies born via C-section and test-tube babies.