"I did not expect to be here, either. It seems, despite my new station, I'm still the same Daughter of Eve I always was."

Still, even Zadkiel would be hard-pressed to admit that she found Ann's attention and reactions endearing. But the other didn't quite need to know that...yet.

"But I called you by your family name, without giving my own. I am Gogo Akechi. I am also, Zadkiel, Angel of Forgiveness and Mercy, once servant of the...exalted Yaldabaoth."

Huh... She didn't know she was still capable of sarcasm. Strange...