"Well, yeah, it's tough. But it's home, you know? It's not like we can go anywhere else. So we adapt." It wasn't terribly easy to keep a straight face, but Crowley had had lots of practice.
"And our world is too large for quickly going to the other side. I mean, I suppose we could fly, but there are five billion people on Earth and only a few hundred airplanes. That pretty much leaves two billion people to die if any one of the elephants stops."
The demon shrugged and continued lying out his teeth. "Dark clothes are stylish. Only the strongest can stand to wear them, so it's something like a badge of honour."
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Date: 2007-04-10 05:22 pm (UTC)"And our world is too large for quickly going to the other side. I mean, I suppose we could fly, but there are five billion people on Earth and only a few hundred airplanes. That pretty much leaves two billion people to die if any one of the elephants stops."
The demon shrugged and continued lying out his teeth. "Dark clothes are stylish. Only the strongest can stand to wear them, so it's something like a badge of honour."