Before: His wings were gone, and he was falling….
Then: He lay on the naked bedrock, all life nearby blasted by his fall. Struggling to remember anything, all He could recall was a feeling of loss, loss and punishment. Then She came. Cast out, abandoned and alone. Saw him and despite the bloody wounds about his shoulders, She saw His beauty and fell in love.
Now: Lou was sick of his job. He wanted to be made. He was tired of doing all the work and his bosses getting all the credit. He decided to go and demand his due.
Then: Although He never truly remembered more that vague feeling of loss and regret, She loved Him and that was enough for them both. As the years passed, their family grew and spread through the land. As their family grew it was easy to tell their bloodline because of their extraordinarily large shoulder blades, as if another bone should have connected but was missing. The right clothing covered up that slight deformity, so it was not a problem.
Now: Lou marched down the hall and kicked open the door to his boss's office, not noticing the man with his boss he began his tirade.
Then: He was old, dying and He remembered.
N: Lou yelled "I've been your patsy for years now, I want to be made, and I want it now!" The man looked quizzically at Lou's boss.
Then: He remembered rebelling against His Lord, and being cast down.
Now: Lou got halfway through a briefly planned and poorly executed speech when "Oh shut up 'Shoulders' you talk to much." and his Boss shot him.
Then: He remembered the fall, and the pain as His wings were torn away.'
Now: Lou felt pain as never before… "I'm sorry Don, he was usually so dependable."
Then: He remembered His sentence: to live among the humans whose Fall He had caused for one lifetime, to know their sorrows and their joys, then to remember His true self before passing Below, and know only sorrow from then on.
Now: "That'll teach you to rise above your place, huh 'Shoulders?'"
Then: His wings, his wings were gone…
Now: Wings?
Both: Falling…