“Good morning, Dinah,” Terry said as she came into the suite. McGloin was in the office even before the paralegals today. He was seated in the conference room, pouring over a mass of documents that formed the exculpatory evidence of the Geddys case. It filled eight standard paper boxes of folders and files, and the largest case in Brown County in the last three years. The case was scheduled to go to trial in just a few days, and thus formed a reasonable excuse for McGloin to be in the office early.<br/><br/>The real reason he was in early was that he had a date last night, and like most men, he had a well formulated plan in place to try to sleep with her without spending the night. Having to go to work early the next morning was the oldest excuse in the book, but an effective one, and one he had made true just to cover his bases. The woman’s name, Dinah knew, was Julie. The two had been out of few dates before here and there.<br/><br/>Humans had a lot of quirks when it came to sexual relations that the vast majority of celestials had a difficult time understanding. Most celestials had at least experimented, but few could form or mimic the emotional attachment that results from such relationship. Most angels avoided the act entirely. Servitors of Eli, Novalis, Andrealphus, and others were notable exceptions, as were Mercurians, Impudites and particularly the dreaded Grigori in general, as well as a smattering of other celestials. Part of the problem was that celestials could differentiate the emotion of love and the act of sex in black and white terms in a way no human could ever match. The vast majority of Dominicans found sex an entirely abhorrent behavior, far more likely to corrupt than comfort. They had no respect for the loyalty the act could produce. Their business was celestials, and coitus among celestials almost always led to trouble. It was one of the most contentious points of friction between Judges and Creationists, and a major cog in the wheel of the animosity between the two.<br/><br/>Notwithstanding all that, the act had certainly put McGloin in a productive state. “Are you working on the farm today?” he asked. The “farm” was how McGloin referred to MOO. She in fact was, but didn’t have any appointments until the afternoon. As a result, she knew without him asking that McGloin would ask her to join him in the prep phase of the Geddys case. Working within the legal system provided an incredible view into humanity, and the Symphony. Intercessionists assigned to such duty on Earth almost always found it an incredibly rewarding experience. Of course, most were too wooden to really enjoy themselves.