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May. 15th, 2006 06:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nnyCrowley, about this stage in the evening, tended to start judging his drunkenness using polysyllabic words. 'Inebriated' was entirely too practised to be particularly telling and predictable, besides; he was currently lost somewhere around the 'sin' in floccinaucinihilipilification.
"Hypothetically," said Aziraphale, staring meditatively into his glass, "if - if, say, a... priest friend of mine came up to me, all a-fluster, and told me (hypothetically, of course) that he could suddenly see the attraction of sin," he cleared his throat, a little uneasy, "or, more specifically, a particular embodiment of sin, and that he was having distinctly, er, impure thoughts about this... embodiment, well, what would you think I should say to him?"
He looked up to meet Crowley's (somewhat unfocused) gaze and his eyes widened, rather, a blush starting to climb into his cheeks.
"Er. Hypothetically."
"-tion. HA!" He appeared to focus. "Hypothetically," said Crowley, thoughtfully. "Hypothetically, eh?"
Aziraphale nodded, his mouth rather inexplicably dry.
"Bloody excellent word, angel. Now try saying it five times fast."
"Hypothetically," said Aziraphale, staring meditatively into his glass, "if - if, say, a... priest friend of mine came up to me, all a-fluster, and told me (hypothetically, of course) that he could suddenly see the attraction of sin," he cleared his throat, a little uneasy, "or, more specifically, a particular embodiment of sin, and that he was having distinctly, er, impure thoughts about this... embodiment, well, what would you think I should say to him?"
He looked up to meet Crowley's (somewhat unfocused) gaze and his eyes widened, rather, a blush starting to climb into his cheeks.
"Er. Hypothetically."
"-tion. HA!" He appeared to focus. "Hypothetically," said Crowley, thoughtfully. "Hypothetically, eh?"
Aziraphale nodded, his mouth rather inexplicably dry.
"Bloody excellent word, angel. Now try saying it five times fast."
