Aziraphale was still red from his endearment slip-up, but if Gabriel wasn't going to call him on it, he certainly wasn't going to call HIMSELF on it.
"Oh. Well, both are... well, obviously Heaven is Home of course, but having been stationed on Earth for so long I've long come accustomed to the ache that not being there has put in me." To the point where he honestly no longer felt it unless someone pointed it out, like right now. "On the other hand, I spent a lot of time in my bookshop in London, so to leave..."
He smiled as cheerfully as he could. "But! It's nothing a little wine won't fix, to be sure."
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Date: Saturday, 30 May 2009 05:12 (UTC)"Oh. Well, both are... well, obviously Heaven is Home of course, but having been stationed on Earth for so long I've long come accustomed to the ache that not being there has put in me." To the point where he honestly no longer felt it unless someone pointed it out, like right now. "On the other hand, I spent a lot of time in my bookshop in London, so to leave..."
He smiled as cheerfully as he could. "But! It's nothing a little wine won't fix, to be sure."