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[heaven_on_paper]

further nife and accurate prophecies concerning the worlde that is to com

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[unfriendlygreen]

It has been moving on its own.

[heaven_on_paper]

Good Heavens. Are you sure?

[unfriendlygreen]

Occult books will do that.

[heaven_on_paper]

I'll keep an eye out.

[unfriendlygreen]

If it turns up and a group of— teenagers with attitude come looking, would you mind pretending you know nothing about it?

[heaven_on_paper]

Well, I'm hardly going to point a group of children towards a book like that.

[unfriendlygreen]

A group of children manage to get their hands on it once per century. The last time was only a couple of decades ago, so with any luck the book will be missing for a few more.

[heaven_on_paper]

A couple of decades ago? Where? What happened?

[unfriendlygreen]

... that answers the question about omniscience, I suppose.

A young man managed to get his hands on a handful of pages and used them to attempt necromancy.

[heaven_on_paper]

Yes, but where?

[unfriendlygreen]

Los Angeles.

The irony does not escape me.

[heaven_on_paper]

Oh, America. I see.

[ He says this super dismissively and with a certain amount of relief, like that explains everything and it's no longer something he has to worry about having missed. ]

[unfriendlygreen]

[ There is a very long moment where Ragnor clearly considers how much information to share. ]

...

The book originally escaped from Cornwall.

[heaven_on_paper]

...

[ Aziraphale sighs and finally sets down the book he was inspecting. ]

Why don't you come in and sit down? Would you like a cup of tea?

[unfriendlygreen]

[ He takes a seat, the chair moving on its own. ]

Not to be rude, but I will procure my own. I am not entirely sure drinking your tea would be safe for me.

[ Ragnor is suddenly holding a cup from Nina's coffee shop. Aziraphale may smell something like burnt matches, though there is nothing burning. ]

[heaven_on_paper]

Don't be silly, it's just tea. "Gross matter," as some might refer to it. Quite ordinary. Nothing celestial about it.

[ He pointedly goes into the back to get his own tea the hard way. ]

[unfriendlygreen]

Celestial things can quite literally kill me, so I would much rather not risk it, if it's all the same to you.

[ He's being very careful not to touch anything that might belong to the angel. ]

[heaven_on_paper]

[ Sorry, Ragnor, that's literally everything in the shop. ]

Well, I can understand your caution.

[ He sits down across from him with his own tea. ]

[unfriendlygreen]

[ He leans back cautiously, the one one does when facing a creature that can smite you with a glance. ]

I still don't understand why you're here.

[heaven_on_paper]

I live here. I've had this bookshop for quite some time.

[unfriendlygreen]

Have you? I'd never seen it.

[heaven_on_paper]

Perhaps you're thinking of a different corner.

[unfriendlygreen]

I am not.

[ He gets to his feet and steps out to look at the street. ]

[heaven_on_paper]

[ Aziraphale watches him through the windows. ]

[unfriendlygreen]

[ Aziraphale gets to watch Ragnor perform a series of hand and finger movements that look outright alien, and open a portal into— somewhere, possibly hell. Ragnor curses loudly as he closes it with a snap of his fingers.

Then he walks back into the bookshop, takes his seat again and sips calmly at his cup. ]