"Such as?"
"The rebellion of my son!" The Emperor's golden eyes waxed copper with anger, giving Raphael the impression they were filled with fire. "The sudden re-emergence of a species that went missing 74,000 years ago. And other … incidents … that I care not to go into."
The Emperor slid down off his throne, surprisingly short for a god who commanded such an imposing presence. Raphael tucked his wings against his back and prepared to be demoted, smote by lightning, or at minimum, lectured. It was time to answer for his crime.
"What are your orders, Sir?" Raphael asked.
A small door behind the throne opened and Uriel's froglike Delphinium nanny, Nanna Oophaga, hop-hobbled out, bumping against her an assortment of over-stuffed packages. Behind her the Emperor's chief geneticist and Muq
