"No, of course it would not be. I love having company, I am afraid I have gotten rather used to having someone around these last several years." Elua smiled to himself, but it was the truth. Going from having a constant Companion in the form of Cassiel to being all on his own once again was jarring. Perhaps this young man would not mind if he filled in for an angel.

Elua did a very bad job of suppressing his smile when Joscelin said that it was only brotherly love that had caused Cassiel to follow him. Though there were some things that he needed to clear up right away. "They were not Misguided, my child. And they have not abandoned me. No more than a child that leaves home to find his own way in the world has abandoned his parents." His tone was only mildly disapproving of Joscelin's words, but it seemed that these Cassilines had some misconceptions about his Companions, and he did not approve of that at all.