[It's safe to say that Gabriel's sense of humor is either non-existent or anemic to the point of death. He wasn't trying to be funny! Ergo, there was nothing funny! That's how it works!]

Oh. I've heard of this before, I believe. Mortals call it 'gallows humor', if I am not mistaken.

[Yeah, he's kind of an expert on humans. Kind of. No really, only kind of, he definitely knows more than anyone else in Heaven but he's starting to get the idea that he may have... missed a few things...]

I won't disagree that navigating a dangerous maze is far more difficult, and far more worthy of my time. But child care is a necessary and important task that should carry a certain amount of gravity. [Just... you know... Not important enough for him.] I can think of a lot of tasks that are far less dignified.

Babysitting however is not my purpose, that wasn't one of the duties I was created to carry out. [Which is a very fancy way of saying 'no I will not fucking babysit ew gross]