#but compared to all the bumbling the angels and demons generally do trying to manipulate people

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Also I think part of the reason Metatron asked Muriel to stay at the shop is she was witness and part of everything and might have been a friendly face for Aziraphale. Like I’m sure he might cozy up to some other angels in time but the default will be all the upper ranking angels resenting and disliking him and all the lower class angels too scared of a big bad Archangel, especially one with an unsavory reputation