She was dead? Well, perhaps death was a temporary condition for Nobodies.
"Is it? The future is shaped by the actions of the past, after all." Aziraphale fidgeted a bit with indecision before resolving to leave out some details. "Just because the specifics are different, doesn't mean we aren't alike, you and I--whether I am a somebody or not." He sighed, and carefully took a towel from her hand so she had one less distraction from him, one less thing to hide behind. He knew all about that sort of thing--hiding.
"I don't know this Roxas," he said gently, "or the future, but don't downplay your actions. Defiance in the face of your creator, in the face of unjust orders, is a revolutionary enough act on its own." He pursed his lips and considered, before offering a soft smile. "Perhaps don't think of it a grand scale, hm? Think of them as choices you made--liberties you took when you weren't allowed the personhood to have that free will--choices you made independently to do the right thing, even if it wasn't a big thing: it was the Right thing. You can believe in whatever you want, too, you know. You allowed yourself to believe in something different than what you were created to do. ...Sometimes all that matters is having the ability to choose at all."
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"Is it? The future is shaped by the actions of the past, after all." Aziraphale fidgeted a bit with indecision before resolving to leave out some details. "Just because the specifics are different, doesn't mean we aren't alike, you and I--whether I am a somebody or not." He sighed, and carefully took a towel from her hand so she had one less distraction from him, one less thing to hide behind. He knew all about that sort of thing--hiding.
"I don't know this Roxas," he said gently, "or the future, but don't downplay your actions. Defiance in the face of your creator, in the face of unjust orders, is a revolutionary enough act on its own." He pursed his lips and considered, before offering a soft smile. "Perhaps don't think of it a grand scale, hm? Think of them as choices you made--liberties you took when you weren't allowed the personhood to have that free will--choices you made independently to do the right thing, even if it wasn't a big thing: it was the Right thing. You can believe in whatever you want, too, you know. You allowed yourself to believe in something different than what you were created to do. ...Sometimes all that matters is having the ability to choose at all."