Joanna has elegance of form, of manner, of motion; Joanna has the good will of the only one bar the Father with the right to command the archangels; Joanna has the moral strength to say 'these are my mother and my brothers'; Joanna gets a stay of execution, long enough to know that her sacrifice is worth it and that she won't die alone; Joanna has, if anyone does, the unmerited love of God. Anna has only the never-ceasing Energizer-bunny drumbeat where her heart used to be.
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These are the reasons the archangel Anael fell.