Lex looked over towards her and raised an eyebrow.

"My... pillow?" he asked.

"Yep, your pillow." she confirmed.

"Uh... all right?" Lex responded in a confused tone, before getting up and leaving the room. He was gone for but a minute, before returning with said pillow.

"Here." he said, handing it to her.

"Something wrong with it?" he asked.

Lex was still confused when she said it would help her sleep.

"Help me...?" he started to ask, before looking at the pillow in his arms.

"...." he was silent, as he stroked it slightly.

"...hm." he mumbled.

"Something... hm." he repeated.

"I admit, something feels a bit... different about it." he told her.

"Why do I get the feeling that you are 100% serious and correct with that statement..." he wondered aloud.

Lex looked at the pillow again, before yawning.

"I hope you're right." he said.

He then paused for a moment, looking at her... specifically, her hair.

"New feather." he commented.

"Where'd you get it?" he asked.

"Another angel?" he asked further, slightly joking... but he DID seriously wonder about it from time to time.

Lex just licked his lips when she said that.

"Mmm, sounds good." he said.

"And all right, all right, I'll get some sleep." he told her as she began to usher him up the stairs.

"Love you, too!" he called back to her.

She then heard him make his way to his room, and heard him flop on the bed.

He was going to be out like a light, she was sure of it.

When Lex laid his head down on the pillow, his eyes popped open for a moment.

"....wow." he mumbled. "Holy cow." he whispered. "This... this doesn't even feel like my old pillow." he commented. "My pillow was never THIS comfortable." he said further.

His thoughts then drifted to the feathers that Aimee had.

"...are... they really...?" he started to ask himself, before he simply fell into a deep and restful sleep. A sleep that lasted for only about 3 hours, but when he woke up, he felt himself more rested than ever before.

"...I need to tell Aimee about this." he said, getting out of bed and looking at the pillow.

"This... unreal." he muttered, feeling awake and energised like never before.

~~~

Gabriel had a scowl on his face, as he forcefully marched past his siblings, making his way to where Uriel was, standing at a fountain and looking into it absently.

"HEY! YOU!" he yelled out.

"..." Uriel was silent, before sighing and looking over towards his brother.

"Yes?" he asked, as Gabriel got closer and grabbed his collar.

"The HELL do you think you're doing!?" he demanded angrily.

Uriel just smirked.

"I miiiiight have." he said.

"I mean, I DID leave the sword-" he started to say, before Gabriel smashed his fist into his brother's face, sending him onto his back onto the cloudy ground.

"SHUT IT!" he barked at his brother.

"And YOU, Sariel! Butt out!" he snapped at their sister.

"This is between Uriel and myself!" he said, as Uriel got to his feet, hand on his jaw as he cracked it a little.

Gabriel just balled his hands into fists and gnashed his teeth at her.

"Our brother is ruining his existence!" he responded.

"He is ruining himself!" he said further.

"And HOW am I doing that, Gabriel?" Uriel asked.

"You know DAMN well!" Gabriel spat in response.

"You are getting involved with a MORTAL!"

Her words just seemed to make Gabriel angrier.

"Yes, it does." he replied.

"Mortals are insects. They are fragile, they are miniscule, they were temporary." he told her.

"They are nothing more than a momentary blip." he went on.

"To get involved with one is to invite yourself for heartbreak, pain, and suffering." he reasoned further.

"...what, did you somehow change yourself to be God's cynicism?" Uriel asked half-jokingly, which caused Gabe to try and lunge at him, past Sariel.

Uriel was quick, and managed to avoid Gabriel, before using his brother's momentum to keep him going, before he turned around.

"I LEARNED, is what happened!" he retorted.

"I learned a harsh lesson! And I'm going to spare my brother that pain!" he declared... though there was some sadness under his anger.

Both Uriel and Sariel were silent for a moment, before Uriel froze.

"...I'd love to continue this, but I must go." he said out of nowhere.

"Bye!" he finished, before disappearing in a bolt of lightning.

"......" Gabriel was silent for a moment, and looked at Sariel.

"What, you WANT him to become miserable?" he asked her accusingly.

Gabriel just whirled around and started to walk away.

"Well, when he becomes jaded and miserable, remember that -I- tried to save him from his inevitable fate." he growled at her.

---

"Aimee?" Uriel asked when he saw Aimee on her hands and knees.

He knelt down so that he was closer towards her... and could sense that her breathing was erratic at best. Laboured would have been a very generous way to describe it. And it was getting worse.

"...." he was silent, before looking around, and sighing.

He created a ball of mana in his hand, before gently lifting Aimee's head up by the chin, and softly pushing the orb into her neck.