Interlude 2

Another Interlude

Kemuel liked these new humans… Well, she thought they were a bit simple-minded, but she liked them. They were… different, though she had yet to decide for herself if it was a good different or a bad different.

The humans had so much potential to do both good and evil, to be swayed to either light or dark and possibly over to the other side without warning. For now though, they seemed harmless. Adam was a humble soul, dedicated to taking care of God's creations within the Garden of Eden. Meanwhile, Eve was a bit more wild in spirit, preferring to explore and experiment and learn whenever she was away from her partner.

Kemuel had yet to actually go down to Earth to meet the two humans, but she continued to observe them from afar in Heaven as well as listen to her older brothers' tales of their interactions with the humans. Michael and Amenadiel were indifferent to their presence while Gabriel and Raphael were rather enthusiastic about their Father's new creation. Samael didn't seem to mind the humans much, but there was always this slight tone of disdain and distaste whenever he talked about them, as if he thought they were so far below him and the rest of their family.

Most of the younger angels would make up their minds about what they thought of the humans eventually, but Kemuel had the angels' full support and respect. Her opinion of the humans would likely sway the younger angels' own reasoning. She had to be careful and sure about her decision to truly love humans or not, despite – or perhaps because of – Father's edict to love humans as the angels loved Him.

It was as she was passing the main house that she heard their voices. She didn't think much of it at first, but then certain words stuck out to her, and she couldn't help but listen in. She cloaked her presence (just like her older brothers had taught her – "almost as good as me," Gabriel had bragged) and hid beneath the sill of the window, focusing on her sense of hearing in order to pick up the words more clearly.

"—wouldn't it be better if the humans weren't around to distract your Father from you and your brothers?"

Kemuel's brow furrowed at the sound of Her voice. Kemuel hadn't thought that She disliked the humans. The Goddess of Creation hadn't truly expressed her opinion of the matter yet, though if what Kemuel was overhearing was anything to go by…

"Mum, I can't just go to Dad and tell Him that this new creation of His is… defective at best."

Kemuel's frown grew even deeper. Was that what Samael really thought about the humans? She hadn't thought he held such a low opinion of them. True, Kemuel could see why Samael thought the humans lesser than the angels and God and His Wife. The humans were… uncontrollable at times – a trait that angels were taught was not exactly good.

But that didn't mean Father should be told that He should get rid of His newest creation.

Kemuel felt something heavy settle in her stomach. This wasn't right – both the conversation she was overhearing and her own spying. But from what she was hearing... It was almost as if Mother was convincing Samael to rebel against Father, which was a contradiction in itself. Samael was Father's favorite. Everyone knew that. Why would he ever jeopardize such a position? Especially when it would result in nothing good for either of them.

What Kemuel really didn't understand was why Mother was suggesting and supporting such acts against God. Kemuel knew that Their relationship had been a bit strained ever since He made the other angels – all of Kemuel's younger siblings – but that was just a tendency of His. He liked creating things, even though She didn't like the idea of Him creating things without Her.

Personally, Kemuel thought that Mother was a bit selfish in that sense. It was like whenever Zachariel and Nathaniel got into an argument over how some building or another was made. In other words, Kemuel found Her jealousy of Him rather childish – not that Kemuel would voice this opinion to either of Them. That would just be disrespectful.

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[Excerpts from Records of the Silver City, as written by Metatron, the Scribe, and Tzaphkiel, Angel of Knowledge]

… when the Father and the Mother created Their Children, the archangels. It was only after the first few generations of angels that God created on His Own that it became clear the angels were different from our sibling archangels: not only in terms of power, which should be noted to be subtly lesser in a newer generation than the preceding generation [see Chapter 19], but also in personality. While the archangel show a full range of emotions and individual character traits, some of which were repressed as more angels came into being [see Chapter 21], the angels – excluding the first three generations – developed very little personality until...

… noted that neither angels nor archangels had what is known as Free Will, which Our Father first bequeathed to the humans [refer to Chapter 35]. It should also be noted that, at first, neither the angels nor the archangels had any qualms with this as we had never known otherwise: we simply did as we were told when we were told by either God or the Goddess (and occasionally, in the case of the angels, by the archangels). When not obeying a direct order, we – the angels – went about our assigned duties, and when our duties were fulfilled for the time being, we were allowed to interact with our fellow siblings. We needed nothing more. We did not need a choice, as is given by Free Will.

However, Father saw that this had become a problem once He had dealt with Her Treachery [refer to Chapter 38]. While the lack of Free Will had been part of what kept us – the angels, not our elder siblings, the archangels – from informing Him of what She had done to us, giving us Free Will was not as simple as it had been with the humans. The biggest concern was the fact that we, as servient creatures, would not know what to do with the choices given to us; it had the potential drive some angels insane [see Chapter 67]. Therefore, God decided – with the advice of His Firstborn (the remaining archangels) as well as His first daughter – that He would introduce Free Will to His Children gradually over the course of several centuries, which still continues now for several of the younger generations...

… the matter of duty, of obligation. For those that see the Edict this way, humans are still seen as lesser despite the recent advances of their kind. The other extreme, of course, would be that humans are worthy of the same love we have for Our Father; however, indifference is the more generally accepted notion – mostly due to the observation that both the three remaining archangels and God are rather laisse faire when it comes to the affairs of humans...

A/N: Hey, lookie, another interlude (and titled so)!

Last edited: [1/15/2020] Like the first interlude, I added a 'scene'. The same is going to be for the other two interludes too.