"Then she shouldn't be mad, because you're protecting her like you would have anyway. I know I'm not an angel, and I wasn't born special like you or Claudia were. But I'd do anything for Walter. And the same is true of some of my friends, and your friends in her team too." Angels or not, they were protectors. Assumption couldn't project aura like Wolf but he thought very hard about how much he loved Walter, hoping Wolf would be able to feel it.

In his intense focus, he might have squeezed Wolf's paw. He smiled and his tail wagged slowly behind him. "Even if Walter had been ordinary and not given any sort of divine purpose, he'd be special to me. Like you. And Warden and Kite." He quickly added his other friends, blushing. He kept saying more than he needed to and he couldn't hide the quick rush of embarrassment that swept over him.