Page 57 of The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

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He thinks. Holly and Jonah wait patiently.

GABRIEL

We don’t need to. If they’re meant to get well, they will.

HOLLY

But can we send love to them?

GABRIEL

We can try.

O.S. the Baby CRIES. Holly reluctantly untangles her legs and drags herself to the kitchen.

INT. LIVING ROOM, FLAT – NIGHT – SHORT TIME LATER

Gabriel sits between Holly and Jonah. They watch as he feeds the Baby from a bottle, inexpert, matter-of-fact.

HOLLY

Why not just let it starve?

GABRIEL

It would be born again in another body. It has to be done properly, or this’ll all be for nothing.

They watch the Baby feed.

JONAH

Is that what we did? Find a mortal body and get born in it?

Gabriel nods.

JONAH

I can’t remember.

GABRIEL

Memories don’t cross the divide. But you know you’re not like everyone else. They’re mortal souls in mortal bodies. Your bodies may be mortal, but your souls are divine.

They look at him and nod, sincere, almost unquestioning.

HOLLY

How do you remember it?

JONAH

He’s from a higher sphere, an archangel. We’re just angels.

Gabriel smiles as the Baby finishes its feed. He lays itdown on a blanket on the table. It GURGLES angrily. Holly, Jonah and Gabriel contemplate its tiny hands and feet, its innocent cherubic face.

JONAH

Is it a mortal soul in a mortal body, or a divine soul in a mortal body?

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