Not a bad warning, in general. When you think about it. Heard the same thing, yeah? 'Better watch it, Crawly, those angel's will smite you soon as look at you'. But that wasn't true. You looked, didn't smite.

[ Crowley turns to his usual self-defense mechanism of levity. It can't hurt if you can laugh at it, after all.

The fondness in Aziraphale's tone, however, is a far better balm for such old wounds. ]

Couldn't very well mock you for the thing that sent me arse over teakettle in love with you.

[ Crowley's tone softens and he finally musters enough courage to make eye contact again. He can't help but wonder at what Aziraphale just confessed... ]

You really didn't have any friends? Not even before everything sort of went tits up?

[ It's true the Archangels had always been insufferable, but there must be other angels in Heaven like Aziraphale. Surely there are others. ]