A Stipulation

Seeing an angel cry was as infectious as it was hard to watch.

As Uriel wept silently, the faction of similarly emotionally susceptible pigeons also became misty-eyed.

Lailah remained unmoved.

"Please, hold your tears until after our enemy is dead. Mourn when those we've lost have already been avenged, not before." she said coolly.

Uriel sniffled and dried both of her eyes of tears. Lailah waited to see how and if she would be able to pull herself together beforethe meeting actually continued.

"Lucifer and Michael were among the greatest warriors that I have ever known." Izanagi slicked back his dark hair. "How is it that a child was able to defeat them moments after its birth?"

Lailah gestured to the gathered sun gods. "My guess? The same way that he was able to butcher all of them."

Everyone here turned to glance at the sun deities with some measure of shock.