For Peeta, Aziraphale's sudden appearance is less startling than momentarily puzzling. One minute the angel isn't there and then the next - in the space of a blink, if Peeta had happened to be blinking at the time - there he stands. Effie, who'd still had her head in Peeta's lap, doesn't startle the way Sarge and Molly do, probably because she isn't looking in the same direction. At the sound of Aziraphale's voice, however, she quickly sits up, pivoting around to stare at the new arrival with her head cocked in clear canine confusion.

He returns Aziraphale's nod with a small wave.