Now that was a topic Gabriel can talk about a lot; his face lit up, sort of light an abrupt beam of sun cast on the clouds, and he laughed. "Frankly, I'd do that too--I've never tried to knit before. It'd be fun." He grinned. "I think I'd rather do it on a beach or in a park, though. Then I could watch the sunset or the birds."

The Archangel reached over to cut off a generous length of twine for Skul too, and then with a glance around realised they needed more tools. "Well, we don't have the equipment to temper the ends," he said. "Just a minute--I'll get some tape."

So saying, he rose and moved to the table in the middle, and only a few moments later was back. "May as well make it as easy on ourselves as possible," he said cheerfully, using the tape to create a pointed edge on the end of his twine, so it could be threaded just a little easier. "Should have thought of this before."