[Crowley sits with that for a moment, glowering at the watch, and only partially because Elle has a point.]
You're so young.
[It isn't meant as an insult, there's no condescension in his voice. It's stated very simply, because it is just a fact to him. It's coming from millennia of existence, not the handful of decades that some human adult would have on her.]
I'm quite aware of what I can and can't protect him from, and I've no desire to explain myself to you.
[If she runs off to tell Aziraphale, so be it, but he won't have this conversation while a child that he barely knows.]
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You're so young.
[It isn't meant as an insult, there's no condescension in his voice. It's stated very simply, because it is just a fact to him. It's coming from millennia of existence, not the handful of decades that some human adult would have on her.]
I'm quite aware of what I can and can't protect him from, and I've no desire to explain myself to you.
[If she runs off to tell Aziraphale, so be it, but he won't have this conversation while a child that he barely knows.]