"Oh," he answers, a little sadly. "I hope they are safe now, perhaps in the afterlife they are meant to be in," he adds. "Out of any war in the history of my Earth, that one claimed the most lives. In total, eighty five million." He neglects to mention that he added three to that tally, or rather, that Crowley did by saving Aziraphale from a group of Nazis.

"I was trying to stop the next one," he says. "The next war-- this time, between angels and demons. They wanted to have it on Earth. They would have killed everyone. Seven billion people, gone." He heaves a sigh. "I don't know what they'll do now."