166: Did you not?

"You know Raphael; you aren't acting like yourself at the moment. It's as if something really phased you." 

The more Raphael talked, the more Azekiel felt it. Rachael was slightly different now. 

"Tell me what happened. What do you want to talk about?" he asked, wondering if what he was going to say was related to his change. 

Raphael had thought a lot about this, but no matter what, he couldn't bring himself to betray Azekiel. No matter what Alion said, he couldn't believe it. Azekiel wasn't a bad person even though he had some questionable decisions; in the end, that wasn't because he was an inherently bad person. 

What swayed his mind even more was the knowledge that even when he had the Stone of Time, Azekiel wanted to help him. Despite knowing that he was in a better situation with Raphael, he was still willing to lose him just to give Raphael the last that he needed.