He.... read it. Alastor actually read it. Granted it has been a few weeks since the whole arm ripping thing and the deer probably a lot of down time due to Angel's kinda sorta avoiding situation... But damn. He read it. There was a tiny flicker of hope that glittered in his heart.

"Al, you big beautiful bastard! I'm so happy that I could kiss ya!" Which Angel acted on, giving the demon a hardy wet kiss on the cheek. "Find anything about breakin' me free?"

Angel asked all a jitter. If he had a tail, it would be wagging.