[ WP ] An angel and a demon walk into a bar ...

They sit down and look at each other. They look away. 
 
 `` A beer,'' the demon orders. 
 
 `` Water,'' the angel orders. 
 
 The demon snickers. The angel looks his way. 
 
 `` Heaven must not be the same without me,'' the demon gloats. 
 
 The angel keeps silent. *Heaven is still the same, my fallen brother. For it was never you, Lucifer, and the rest who made Heaven what it was. It was, is, and always will be the One and Only God. * 
 
 `` Nothing to say?'' the demon presses. 
 
 `` How are you and the rest of my brothers?'' 
 
 For a moment the demon is stunned, but he quickly recovers and retorts with a sneer. `` Like you *truly* care.'' 
 
 The angel nods. `` I do.'' 
 
 The demon shakes his head and turns back to his drink. The angel waits. Finally, it comes: 
 
 `` Why?'' 
 
 `` Because you are my brothers - all of you, including Lucifer - and I love you all, still. We *all* do. Michael, Gabriel, Raphiel, Uriel, Azrael...'' 
 
 The demon pauses a beat, then asks, tentatively: `` And God?'' 
 
 The angel nods and places his hand on the demon's shoulder. It burns - holiness can not come into contact with sin - but the angel wills himself through the pain, and tells him: 
 
 `` It is not too late to repent.'' 
 
 The demon is quiet. For a moment, to the angel, it seems as if he may actually do so. But then a voice interrupts: 
 
 `` How *sweet*. Two brothers catching up on lost times and *I* was n't invited?'' 
 
 The demon jumps up, fearful, and falls to his knees at Lucifer's feet, begging, `` Oh please Master - I did not me-'' 
 
 `` *Hush*'' Lucifer whispers. `` I'll deal with you *later*.'' 
 
 And they are gone. 
 
 The angel bows his head and prays, *Father, please help them. *
