No, he really isn't. I take that to mean that he was, and if that's the case, I do believe that's very special indeed.
Quite so!
I don't think there's any reason to be nervous, at least no more so than is usual for having a new housemate you don't know. Angels, as a general rule, tend to be able to read the "vibe" of a person, and their intentions. Isla seemed to be nothing but sweetness, truly.
The crux of the matter is this: angels have a natural ability - and demons can learn, but with great difficulty - to visit the afterlife. We see dead people, not as ghosts, but in the next place they go. It's hard to remember what it's like there when we come back, but it's quite different from this world. Amongst our group, we call it the Beyond.
I'm not quite sure how it works, scientifically speaking, but if a dead person is truly needed in our world, an angel can bring them back here for a short period of time. The optimum seems to be three weeks to a month. If they've accomplished what they were needed for, the returned person will disappear back to the Beyond with no trouble. If not, the person who needs them will need to actively let them go. And if they can't do that... then things get difficult. It hurts to be trapped here for longer than is natural, so it's always hazardous in that way. It's why sometimes we can't bring people back even when they're needed. Sometimes they're just needed too much.
Thomas we're able to bring back regularly, because James needs him. But because James has more or less grown up with this, he understands, and is able to let Thomas go when the time comes. So it's safe to have him back regularly.
To tell you the truth though, we're having a spot of bother this time around. An angel we know got stoned and brought Thomas back by mistake (I know, I know). Coming back too soon after a visit is also very bad. The body comes back wrong... I'll spare you the details, but at the moment we're just trying to get him back to the Beyond, posthaste.
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Quite so!
I don't think there's any reason to be nervous, at least no more so than is usual for having a new housemate you don't know. Angels, as a general rule, tend to be able to read the "vibe" of a person, and their intentions. Isla seemed to be nothing but sweetness, truly.
The crux of the matter is this: angels have a natural ability - and demons can learn, but with great difficulty - to visit the afterlife. We see dead people, not as ghosts, but in the next place they go. It's hard to remember what it's like there when we come back, but it's quite different from this world. Amongst our group, we call it the Beyond.
I'm not quite sure how it works, scientifically speaking, but if a dead person is truly needed in our world, an angel can bring them back here for a short period of time. The optimum seems to be three weeks to a month. If they've accomplished what they were needed for, the returned person will disappear back to the Beyond with no trouble. If not, the person who needs them will need to actively let them go. And if they can't do that... then things get difficult. It hurts to be trapped here for longer than is natural, so it's always hazardous in that way. It's why sometimes we can't bring people back even when they're needed. Sometimes they're just needed too much.
Thomas we're able to bring back regularly, because James needs him. But because James has more or less grown up with this, he understands, and is able to let Thomas go when the time comes. So it's safe to have him back regularly.
To tell you the truth though, we're having a spot of bother this time around. An angel we know got stoned and brought Thomas back by mistake (I know, I know). Coming back too soon after a visit is also very bad. The body comes back wrong... I'll spare you the details, but at the moment we're just trying to get him back to the Beyond, posthaste.