John cursed and said “would you warn someone before doing that. I no, I don’t want you involved. I just wanted to check that timelines weren’t screwed up because I don’t even mess with that. And maybe you might know why tonight would have been a big enough deal to stop me getting beaten up?” He slowly got to his feet, not wanting to show weakness to the angel. 

Serena smiled weakly at him and then said “alright…I’m just…” she sighed and rubbed her face. “It’s been a long few days. Almost getting sacrificed wasn’t any fun…”