Zafkiel: ... you only wear that around the house when you're moping or pissed off.. or both. Mikael: ... Zafkiel: You're really mad at me, aren't you?

Mikael: ....why were you scared to tell me?
Zafkiel:	I.. I heard about the doctor from Malakhim, and.. well, it was a really lucky chance that she even knew of someone.. it was a now-or-never chance.. and I was so scared, about being sick.. and I just kept thinking, if I told you, you'd tell me not to run off and take such a crazy chance.. that I should be rational about it... that a more sensible and easier way to get well would come about...
Mikael: ...
Zafkiel:	But... even the doctor here said he didn't know what could be done.. it was my only chance...