Humanity's collective obsessions with gods and deities is one of Daniel's unhappier academic specialties given the context of his work and how frequently he gets to run into apotheosizing intergalactic conquerors. In fact, he'd be a little concerned he might be talking to one of said intergalactic conquerors right now if Nick hadn't stated outright that he isn't a 'devout man'. Whatever that means.
"Really," he says. He makes an adequate attempt to inject a little more calm into his voice and promptly notices he's white-knuckling the wheel. Breathe, Daniel. And relax. There is absolutely nothing about any of this that implies aggression. The leisurely slide of one finger across the window is just that, the prolonged collision of two surfaces on a vertical plane.
"So. Gabriel and Michael and Raphael and - Nick. Nicholas?" There, that lowers the rifting apprehension by a few degrees. Anthroponymy is a little more Daniel's comfort zone. "Not exactly consistent idiosyncratic naming."
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"Really," he says. He makes an adequate attempt to inject a little more calm into his voice and promptly notices he's white-knuckling the wheel. Breathe, Daniel. And relax. There is absolutely nothing about any of this that implies aggression. The leisurely slide of one finger across the window is just that, the prolonged collision of two surfaces on a vertical plane.
"So. Gabriel and Michael and Raphael and - Nick. Nicholas?" There, that lowers the rifting apprehension by a few degrees. Anthroponymy is a little more Daniel's comfort zone. "Not exactly consistent idiosyncratic naming."