Elijah sighed as she left and looked down before up at Gabriel, some of that disappointment that she felt she had to leave vanished when he looked upon his face though. He gave him a small weak smile. "Do not mind, Rose. She is a really nice person, she's just...very... judgemental of other religions. I am lucky they overlook that for me, I suppose because I have not practiced in so long."

He helped him set down the four instead of two bowls and carefully tried to ladle the soup so the two could share. "May I admit something? I ... truly was looking forward to trying the soup you had made for me. "He looked embarrassed but busied himself to finish separating the soups.