Aziraphale was very busy that day. He had much to do, collecting rent from all of his tenants, ordering parts for repairs, making notes of things he had to get around to doing. And he loved his friend dearly, truly — but oh, they got so easily distracted.

As they were busy looking at some wares in one of the tenants’ shops, he was ready to move on. So, naturally, he grabbed their tie and turned, tugging them along lightly as he looked down to the clipboard once more.