Noam writes<p>The painted circle and sigils on the floor, the white candles, the incantation: the summoning went perfectly. He appeared with a flourish of wings within a bright light.</p><p>“You are the angel Malakhius?” I asked.</p><p>“I am. How did you summon me?” His voice was a beautiful melody dripping with honey.</p><p>“I replaced unholy symbols with holy ones, changed the curse to a blessing. I though it would be safer to summon an angel than a demon.”</p><p>“That is true. What can I do for you?”</p><p>“Well, I, wait— Can I ask you something? You must be thousands of years old, at least.”</p><p>“Yes, although I do not experience time as you do.”</p><p>“Why do bad things happen to good people? Is there a great plan, is it a test?”</p><p>“I cannot access that information.” Even his automaton style response was music.</p><p>“That sounds like a call centre response. Come on.”</p><p>“Angels cannot lie. To protect certain knowledge, we cannot access most of our memories when we leave... leave the place I came here from. I cannot even name or describe it here.”</p><p>“Hmm... Makes sense, I guess. Anyway... I want your help with love. See, there’s this woman I really like. Her name’s Kyra, and—”</p><p>“I cannot interfere with another’s free will. No love spells.”</p><p>“No, no... I didn’t mean that. Just, well, help me be more attractive to her. I’m not good at dating, and I don’t want to mess this up.”</p><p>He considered. “Let us start with making you a more considerate person.”</p><p>“You can see into Kyra’s heart? She thinks I’m inconsiderate?” I gulped.</p><p>He gazed straight into my eyes. “You have not asked me what you pulled me away from when summoning me.”</p><p>“Ah.”</p><p><a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=angel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>angel</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=demon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demon</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=summoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summoning</span></a></p>