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Airowyn stood a mere five feet from him and watched as Samuel seemed to have a crisis of conscience. He did not know that Samuel's conscience was, not at present, the reason behind the delay in performing the next step in humanity's downfall; but rather Samuel's lack of knowledge around the code he needed to enter the chamber.
As with the other chronicled acts that he was charged with witnessing, Airowyn was not to interfere. Although sympathy rose for the man before him, he, Airowyn, could not lay a comforting hand upon him. Samuel was undeclared, and therefore, not sensed enough to feel the angel's presence.
Airowyn looked upon the man disappointingly, and wondered what trickery befouled him into committing this destructive act. He received a partial answer to his curiosity as h
