<div class="floatright">(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2526/3954818922b6d4062f68.jpg)</div><br/>Angel listened in silence as the explanation was given, obvious conflict and uncertainty displaying itself over her face.  It was a simple enough matter to agree that he didn't seem to have any of his brethren's evil; certainly the company wouldn't keep him around if he was monstrous.  However, his very existence brought forth a number of emotions that she just didn't want to have to deal with.<br/><br/>On the one hand, his inherent nature meant that extermination wasn't the only option.  It was possible for some form of coexistence, even if it was difficult and fraught with any number of difficulties that Orpheus would have to work out.  Obviously, that was what they were heading, but it didn't mean it was any easier for her.  She didn't just have a switch in her heart that could turn off all the horror, torment and dedication that had led her up to this point.<br/><br/>In the end, she knew that her personal feelings didn't matter to the mission.  "Stay," she said softly, the soft quiver in her heart audible in the tremor of her words.  She couldn't help but wonder if she was being tested for the first mission.