A daring and intriguing change of plans

AKIVA: "It's okay to need help sometimes." Azrael whirls around. AZRAEL: "I have seen hundreds of years more than you have. Do not act like you have the place to lecture me." AKIVA: "Yeah, I get it, you were alive in, what, the 1700's? And now you're Azrael and it sucks and you're just trying your best to do the right thing. But what if the Elixir never leaves the Astral?" AZRAEL: "That would not prevent-" AKIVA: "What if we use it right here, right now, to fix what you messed up? We can use it to fix that fragmented part of the dimensional veil. We can fix the balance. You and me."