> Julia lifted her chin and asked, making sure to point
> out the instances so that he could draw his own
> conclusions - and hopefully the right ones.
>
> "Didn't you notice that the thing from Ireland had
> never been able to touch Kat, literally? It went
> after everyone else, but not once could It touch her.
>
> "Or me, in Canada? It didn't mind tossing Nick, you
> or the others around. It was even able to fight the
> Soul Chaser." she explained "But it couldn't touch me
> the times It tried to cross my path.
>
> "The innocence of a child is something none of the
> Beings can touch, physically or spiritually. And for
> It to have seriously hurt me would have hurt Amelia,
> and It is restricted from doing that in the most basic
> Law that all angels have to follow."
>
> There hadn't been time to tell him about the Law
> before the Thing had taken him or why she knew neither
> she nor Amelia would have been hurt to the point that
> had him up in arms right now, but she had to admit
> that she had already sensed he was working himself up
> because, to him, she would have risked Amelia's health
> to help him.
>
> And that stung.
>
It made sense, perfect sense in fact. However, that did nothing to curtail
his fury. It simply changed it's focus. "All right, so you weren't in
danger, but all I saw was my WIFE and CHILD standing in harms way. That's
all I could focus on! If you indeeded to do that, then you SHOULD have
found some way of telling me then!"
