Aziraphale found himself just as curious to hear Parker's stories as he imagined Wilson would be, and he wondered if the doctor actually could hear it all, and was lying there and laughing inside.

He smiled to himself when she whispered in Wilson's ear, too. Maybe this was what they needed -- for the young doctor's friends to remind him why it was he needed to be with them, rather than wherever he was at the moment.

"I think," Aziraphale said very softly, "that if I were missing out on all of that, I'd want to get back as soon as I could."