He was a little demon as a kid and nuns have mighty fast rulers and even sharper tongues. One did not want to tick off a whole school of them. He gave the eyebrow a happy smirk but left the story for another day. They already had a few of those started and he was deeply interested in this business with the Holy Water.

There was an odd contrariness to that whole statement. I wanted to keep you safe by giving you the object of your destruction. A hundred years ago Aziraphale had said no until he was preparing to do something stupid to get what he wanted and then it was made a present to protect him. It was ridiculously romantic but...

"You keep saying loved in the past tense. What about the present?"