Well, that was better than being called a fool. "We'll see. Time is all we have, after all."

And time was once that Aziraphale denied his relationship with Crowley, wanting to protect him from his own kind. Moloch triggers those same urges, but considering that he's bound to find out anyway, the angel works up the nerve to answer, fussing with his collar as if that was somehow to blame for his blushing.

"My demon friend also happens to be my romantic partner. I assure you that he is the exception to the rule of demons on my world, much as I am the exception of angels."