That's interesting enough to warrant (or perhaps excuse) looking properly at Aziraphael, eyebrows raised.
Persephone isn't isolated by any means; there's enough trade and traffic between the Bái Hǔ and Zhuó Què systems to keep it perfectly civilised. But it's managed by and large to retain a certain idyllic quality - and the green and quiet lands around the Downs, more than most, have always been curiously unchanging.
(And then, there's another point of interest, too. Crowley's a demon; that's what he does. But for a very long time now, Crowley has been by trade an engineer.)
He casts a glance off to the east, where the river runs along a shallow dip in the hills.
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Date: 2009-08-09 03:03 pm (UTC)That's interesting enough to warrant (or perhaps excuse) looking properly at Aziraphael, eyebrows raised.
Persephone isn't isolated by any means; there's enough trade and traffic between the Bái Hǔ and Zhuó Què systems to keep it perfectly civilised. But it's managed by and large to retain a certain idyllic quality - and the green and quiet lands around the Downs, more than most, have always been curiously unchanging.
(And then, there's another point of interest, too. Crowley's a demon; that's what he does. But for a very long time now, Crowley has been by trade an engineer.)
He casts a glance off to the east, where the river runs along a shallow dip in the hills.
"No idea what it is?"