Do you think so? [ she runs her thumb across the fabric as she holds it in her hand, lets herself be taken by the tactile sensation. ] Sometimes I wonder how many infractions I've made against Him. I'm not keeping a tally, of course.. But I wonder what he'd say about me. What would happen if an Angel came here. Would I be saved, or left behind?

[ if Michel was here. her angel. the man that had saved her from the dark — what if it was any other? gabriel? uriel? would they mark her as cursed? ultimately, it didn't matter. they had written their own sacred text, lived out their own testament. the destiny they had created together was the path she chose to walk on. ]