[ which isn't joking or sarcasm in the least. and while he's speaking of hell and not heaven, it's god's honest truth. and he's not sure what, exactly, just compelled him to say that, semi-vague as it is. he's been ruminating over how to tell her about the fall for days now and has yet to come up with a tactful way of saying, "i used to run a law firm that represented a good portion of all things evil, then got all of LA pulled into hell." maybe there isn't a tactful way. there hadn't been when he told her about connor, or about the deaths of cordelia and wesley.
angel wasn't obligated to tell her, yet he wanted to. now was perhaps not the right time for that, but he'd tell her. eventually. after all the lies and deceit, the purposeful manipulation of everyone around him from his friends to those sitting on the circle, angel was tired of hiding things. some things were best left unsaid, but others needed to be out in the open - at least to those he was comfortable being open with. ]