confessing their apostasies {uriel}

Uriel allowed Gabriel to do his usual actions, welcoming his touch and affections once she had slowed to a stop. Her ears were lowered a bit, a sigh passing her lips as he spoke. So she was right. She glanced to where the dove had been, but found she had settled down a short distance from them. As suspected Shri had told of their meeting... And she shivered a little.

"No." Uriel said simply. "But that didn't make facing him any easier, Gabe... It's hard to see him as a monster... As fallen... He's our brother..." Emotion began to overwhelm her again. "He might have sinned in Father's eyes but..." She looked down, furrowing her brow as she remembered Samael's warnings.

"I guess I just feel sorry things have to be this way " A half truth. "I want everyone to be happy again... To stop the fighting. Father... He loves all if us, doesn't he? Why does he have to be different? Is it because our brother has more love to give...?" Her words were quiet, and not once did she call Samael by his fallen name. To do so was damning him... And she still cared for her sibling. 

She pressed into Gabe with a whine. "Brother... I feel so lost... And it hurts. It hurts so much..."