Aziraphale raises an eyebrow, half curious and half uneasy. Rather a grim undertone there, and he's not certain he wants to know why.
"I have, yes," he says. "I met him recently, in fact. He was investigating the Rift from the outside, but... I believe he's been pulled in now." So much for that. Not that it's very surprising. "Or one of them. I gather there's more than one? Not entirely sure." He shrugs, picking at his pie again. "He's been somewhat apprised of the problem, as it were. Whether or not he can resolve it is... to be determined."
He doesn't really want to ask anyone to do that, anyway. It feels like his responsibility. If he can just figure out how.
"But look, it's all right," he says with a sudden wave of his hand. "It's not ongoing doomsday out there. Lucifer's been keeping to himself for the most part. Most rifties have warded their homes against him. Things are about as safe as they can be." Not to sound like Ianto has some sort of choice here, about whether or not he wants to wake up, but he imagines it can't be too wonderful knowing that Satan is loose in the world you're just coming back to.
"If you stay out of his way, he won't hurt you," he adds. "He generally... doesn't really care about humans."
That doesn't sound great, but it could sound a lot worse.
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"I have, yes," he says. "I met him recently, in fact. He was investigating the Rift from the outside, but... I believe he's been pulled in now." So much for that. Not that it's very surprising. "Or one of them. I gather there's more than one? Not entirely sure." He shrugs, picking at his pie again. "He's been somewhat apprised of the problem, as it were. Whether or not he can resolve it is... to be determined."
He doesn't really want to ask anyone to do that, anyway. It feels like his responsibility. If he can just figure out how.
"But look, it's all right," he says with a sudden wave of his hand. "It's not ongoing doomsday out there. Lucifer's been keeping to himself for the most part. Most rifties have warded their homes against him. Things are about as safe as they can be." Not to sound like Ianto has some sort of choice here, about whether or not he wants to wake up, but he imagines it can't be too wonderful knowing that Satan is loose in the world you're just coming back to.
"If you stay out of his way, he won't hurt you," he adds. "He generally... doesn't really care about humans."
That doesn't sound great, but it could sound a lot worse.