They went to look at the Winged Ones.
Whether it was a golden giant bird, a strange insect resembling a butterfly, or a human-shaped Winged One, they were all Winged Ones. The latter even had odd branches like "head of a bird" and "body of a bird."
This should all be caused by errors and confusion from decompressing information from the Sin Thorn.
At this moment, the Tower of Heaven was nearly completed, and the Hourglass was teaching the newborn Winged Ones what shame was and teaching them to use spells to weave clothing for themselves.
Aiwass noticed someone seemingly familiar from afar within the Winged Ones' community. They seemed particularly reverent towards the Hourglass, their eyes seemingly glowing.
That was not Lucifer.
...It seemed to be the Winged Celestial Marshal.
But the two Feathered Snakes did not descend.
They also went to look at the scale bearers.
