"How long have you had the magic?" Caleb wants to know.
"Months, now," says Angela. "And for a couple of weeks before that, one of my alternates was here visiting. She could have given me the power in the other world, but you see, I didn't know if it was allowed," she adds archly, looking at Alleluia, "and so she came here to wait with me while I found out."
"So I could have told you no," says Alleluia, "and you'd have sent her away and you'd have no power beyond that of any angel."
"And," says Isabella, "Abjah's baby would be a dead lucifer instead of a live angel, half the ships in the Breven First Harbor would be sunk, a dozen farmers would have lost their crops to pests this year already, some hundreds of women would have died in childbirth who are instead living mothers, and - lest you forget - the continued intact status of the planet would depend on our ability to put together a concert."
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"Months, now," says Angela. "And for a couple of weeks before that, one of my alternates was here visiting. She could have given me the power in the other world, but you see, I didn't know if it was allowed," she adds archly, looking at Alleluia, "and so she came here to wait with me while I found out."
"So I could have told you no," says Alleluia, "and you'd have sent her away and you'd have no power beyond that of any angel."
"And," says Isabella, "Abjah's baby would be a dead lucifer instead of a live angel, half the ships in the Breven First Harbor would be sunk, a dozen farmers would have lost their crops to pests this year already, some hundreds of women would have died in childbirth who are instead living mothers, and - lest you forget - the continued intact status of the planet would depend on our ability to put together a concert."