[The answer isn't entirely a surprise, though it isn't properly an answer and it isn't really much of a relief, either, even if it does save him from worrying that something terrible happened. It just means that there's been an underlying stress and he can't stop himself from wondering if he's to blame. If he's been — too much, or not enough. If Aziraphale has realized that being together this way isn't what he truly wants and he's been worried about admitting the truth.
Would Aziraphale have let him in, though, if that were the case?]
Mm, we've all been there. [It's a reassurance that he isn't judging Aziraphale for the minor breakdown, and it's a reassurance that this sort of thing does happen, sometimes, to humans and demons and angels, including him. Sometimes he has to trick Aziraphale into being gentle with himself by drawing comparisons between themselves, because he knows Aziraphale wouldn't think unkindly about Crowley the way he does about himself.] Least you didn't cut off all your hair.
[Not as much to cut off as Crowley had, back in the day, but the point is to drive home the fact he understands.]
And sometimes the dramatics are necessary, I think.
[Whatever inspired this, he doesn't think it was the actual issue, just the straw that broke the camel's back.]
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Would Aziraphale have let him in, though, if that were the case?]
Mm, we've all been there. [It's a reassurance that he isn't judging Aziraphale for the minor breakdown, and it's a reassurance that this sort of thing does happen, sometimes, to humans and demons and angels, including him. Sometimes he has to trick Aziraphale into being gentle with himself by drawing comparisons between themselves, because he knows Aziraphale wouldn't think unkindly about Crowley the way he does about himself.] Least you didn't cut off all your hair.
[Not as much to cut off as Crowley had, back in the day, but the point is to drive home the fact he understands.]
And sometimes the dramatics are necessary, I think.
[Whatever inspired this, he doesn't think it was the actual issue, just the straw that broke the camel's back.]