"I would imagine the anti-violence field helps with that," Ben says, "but it's gone down before. That's why I don't want to get too dependent on it."

Ben has told Aziraphale more than he tells most people, but he's decided he trusts the angel. "We had to fight someone very dangerous and powerful together, and while we won it took all we had. While I was badly hurt she was dying. I decided to give her my life so she could make it back home to her friends. So I died, and woke up again in this place."