"You thought I was talking to the building?" Loki exaggeratedly feigned surprise. "Then why did you answer me? And, if you are older than the Earth, does this make you a cow or a giant? No wait, don't answer that one. You are of course, a chunk of ice."

"But," Ah, here was a philosophical question. "If something is timeless, how can it have any age at all?"

A saner part of him wondered just how patient archangels were and whether it was wise to play games with this Uriel before he'd read up on his function, but the game was in full motion now. Mere second thoughts weren't going to stop it.