šØšæ ššš šššš, ššš šššš ā šš šš ššš¾ ššššŗšš ššŗš. The possibilities of what you can know are, of course, endless, and so are the uses of the little phrase. Aziraphale picked it up and tailored it to the one thing he always knew when he saw, and saw when he knew: evil. Ā Spooky. What gives you the heebie-jeebies. He did not need to actually see it (or she, or him, or they) to know. When he knew, he knew āhence the use of the phrase. This time, heād known over the phone.
It had all aligned rather ineffably, he must admit. For when it rang, it had been the one in seventeen odd times he deigned to pick up, and he had picked up on it almost immediately. āGood eveningā, sheād said, and something had definitely ticked. She asked about an appointment and, in all both angelical and reputable businessman duty, he picked up his (empty, except for the regular manicure on the twentieth) planner and assigned her one. Best to be in on whatever it is she may be up to, and foil from within!
By the time the appointment came he had almost forgotten about it entirely (heād scheduled it with enough time to purposely do so), and only remembered the terrible importance and itching curiosity of it when the doorbell rang. Merely opposing curiosity, of course. To see if it was in any way demonic or all her own. It was the sort of thing he also knew, when he knew. The six thousand years or so of observing, you see.
With his bestĀ āunsuspecting, very reliable and most certainly trustworthy to discuss any potentially ilegal matterā smile, perfected since the first world war just for this sort of occasion, he greeted her.Ā
Ā Ā Ā ā How do you do? Miss, erm, Adler, is it? ā
He extends his hand.
Ā Ā Ā ā Pleased to meet you. Any trouble getting in? ā