Aziraphale is, in fact, scolding him. It's what he does when someone he cares about does something egregiously dangerous. Good grief, this is like the business with Crowley and the holy water all over again.
"No, the real concern is you. At least to me it is! He may not hurt you intentionally, but there are countless unintentional ways that this can come to a bad end." Balthazar is the first and only angel that he's ever felt he's had anything in common with. An angel who makes him feel like perhaps there is nothing wrong with him, that it is okay to want to enjoy the things that humans enjoy, that it doesn't make him weak or failing in moral character. The last thing he wants is to see his friend go down in flames because of his own proclivities.
He keeps quiet for a long moment after Balthazar's reassurances. It's touching to know that Balthazar thought to protect his celestial friends. He wishes that Balthazar put that same sort of care towards himself.
"He's not like the Lucifer in my world, either," he admits after a quiet sigh. "Otherwise I'd really be questioning your judgement." Another pause follows, and then in a less scolding tone, he asks, "When you... slept with him... was this merely a physical dalliance? Or something else?"
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Date: 2019-09-08 11:02 am (UTC)"No, the real concern is you. At least to me it is! He may not hurt you intentionally, but there are countless unintentional ways that this can come to a bad end." Balthazar is the first and only angel that he's ever felt he's had anything in common with. An angel who makes him feel like perhaps there is nothing wrong with him, that it is okay to want to enjoy the things that humans enjoy, that it doesn't make him weak or failing in moral character. The last thing he wants is to see his friend go down in flames because of his own proclivities.
He keeps quiet for a long moment after Balthazar's reassurances. It's touching to know that Balthazar thought to protect his celestial friends. He wishes that Balthazar put that same sort of care towards himself.
"He's not like the Lucifer in my world, either," he admits after a quiet sigh. "Otherwise I'd really be questioning your judgement." Another pause follows, and then in a less scolding tone, he asks, "When you... slept with him... was this merely a physical dalliance? Or something else?"