A solemn calmness settled over the Garden of Eden and the field of strife outside the gates of diamond. A pair of Valkyrie assisted lifting the head and neck of Nidhoggr’s corpse where it lay atop Odin and others of the earthbound angels who had been trapped beneath his fallen bulk.
Raphael teleported back within the garden to check on Gabriel who as of yet laid unmoving, his light extinguished. A shard of Gabriel’s sword was embedded in his thigh but the remainder was firmly grasped in his right hand by the hilt. Raphael prayed over his brother before pulling the broken blade forth from the wound. White light erupted from the gash.
The heavenly healer’s attention was drawn to the animals of the garden who now flew, walked, or crawled towards he and his brother. The wound in Gabriel
