oh god and no one would believe them if they said who, what they are. no one would, with their inked skin and messy hair and general appearance that would never get them a job at an office anywhere, except for the way they hold themselves upright like gravity is just a concept. and with their gazes forged in aeons and their hands so steady they might as well be just moving statues. and michael would fail, utterly, at melting into the human crowds and gabriel would laugh at him for it, it isnt that hard, didnt you say humans are simple? and compared to them they certainly are but maybe michael is entirely too old to be mistaken for any being that young. the air ages millennia around him. so try as he might, no matter how many gestures he studies and imitates perfectly, he cant fit in.