[He waves a hand vaguely in a gesture that means a great deal of nothing.] Angels are... well. We're not corporeal beings by nature. We tend to favor the vaguely human-shaped these days though. Makes things easier.
[Interacting with humanity, relating to humanity. Honestly the whole aesthetic just flows well if they're all around the same shape. Made in Her image, as man was.]
[ Not corporeal. That sounds really weird. Makes him think of ghosts. But, then, there’s also stories about how when people die, and they’ve been good, they go to heaven, so he guesses that would make them ghosts too. But with wings.
Doesn’t sound like Aziraphale is a ghost with wings though.]
What do you really look like, then? When you’re not in this form?
[Well ghost with or without wings isn't wrong. That was basically his state when he was unexpected discorporated. But, back in the oldest of times, at their very nature.]
It's difficult to describe. It's more... conceptual.
[Form. Is a funny thing for beings that don't necessarily have to take form. That can be smaller than subatomic particles or well, frighteningly large at whim.]
Remaining human shaped, generally, it's probably a good change. There's something to be said for form and its effect on the overall being.
[ Adam doesn't really get all of that. It sounds interesting, yes, but they're strange concepts to a boy that almost exclusively knows about being a human. ]
I guess it's easier to do stuff if you're not [ A short pause. ] conceptual.
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Adam gives the angel a curious look, taking a moment to think. ]
Do you have other ones? [ From what he picked up from the answer.]
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[He waves a hand vaguely in a gesture that means a great deal of nothing.] Angels are... well. We're not corporeal beings by nature. We tend to favor the vaguely human-shaped these days though. Makes things easier.
[Interacting with humanity, relating to humanity. Honestly the whole aesthetic just flows well if they're all around the same shape. Made in Her image, as man was.]
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Doesn’t sound like Aziraphale is a ghost with wings though.]
What do you really look like, then? When you’re not in this form?
[ Pardon him his innocent rudeness.]
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It's difficult to describe. It's more... conceptual.
[Form. Is a funny thing for beings that don't necessarily have to take form. That can be smaller than subatomic particles or well, frighteningly large at whim.]
Remaining human shaped, generally, it's probably a good change. There's something to be said for form and its effect on the overall being.
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I guess it's easier to do stuff if you're not [ A short pause. ] conceptual.
[ Whatever that means. ]