[ Aziraphale, for his part, experiences an instant little hindsight moment of oh, it was probably rude to come out here and immediately get distracted by animals. Circumstances considered.

More proof than anything else that Crowley's not present, he thinks. Crowley would have said something irritable and redirected his attention by now. ]

You know, I don't think they do. I just thought-- well, on the off-chance that they might still understand a bit. Couldn't hurt to, um. To check in.