That earned a quiet laugh. "I wasn't always bitter, you know! When it all first started, I was so angry at the concept of my own falling or... or failing to 'please' some specifics of Heaven that as the first Sinners fell, I wanted nothing more than to accommodate the humans as best as I could."

He reached up to loosen his bow tie. "Now it's... cleaning up a right mess I've made for a couple of centuries. The press conferences and interviews are annoying, but I suppose they deserve to have a few blows before I push back. I can only hope all those TV cameras don't have me putting on 20 pounds, am I right?"