They stood there and watched the statue come down.
“Well, congrats on that.”
They both looked at each other. They’d both spoken at the same time.
“I thought you did this?”
Aziraphale’s brow furrowed. “But this is people breaking the rules!”
Crowley just Looked at him from behind his sunglasses.
Aziraphale cleared his throat. Point made. “Well, why would I…?”
“Former,” he murmured, still sort of uneasy with the whole thing. The system had all made sense before: you were an Angel, you were a Demon, you were Human. He still had all his angelic abilities, but it was hard to say he was really one of the Heavenly Host any longer, and that left the question of what, precisely, he was. Most of the time, he didn’t really think on it, because quite often he could say that he was, in fact, happy. And that was more than good enough. But bringing up formal titles was still a bit dodgy.
“Protecting places and the people in them!” Crowley finished, ignoring the caveat.
“Well, I’m certainly not protecting the statue.”
“No, and I wouldn’t expect you to. But it’s good for the people here, right?”
“Well, yes, but it’s also…”
“Breaking the rules, yes, yes, I know. Trust me, I wish I could take credit for this but I can’t. It’s just… them.”
Aziraphale nodded and, after a moment, asked, “Do you ever get the feeling they’re so much better at this than we are? That they sort of make… well, made our jobs irrelevant?”
“Maybe we weren’t put here to do the jobs we thought we were supposed to. She’s funny that way.”
Aziraphale agreed entirely but wasn’t about to say so. For some reason, God hadn’t yet seen fit to smite him and/or Crowley from existence, and he wasn’t about to push his luck.
“So.” He stopped briefly as there was a SPLASH! “Well, that’s that, I suppose.”
“About time. Absolute wanker.” He looked back to his angel. “Shall we?”
“Oh, of course.” They turned and started walking, heading away from the roaring crowds. “You know, I’m quite proud of them.”