He didn't like the idea anymore than Aziraphale did. He would have loved to be able to return to the Earth, deal with the Antichrist and get back to those same familiar routines they had always enjoyed... the problem was he couldn't see the way to do that. He had no plan. Crowley with a plan could be a very dangerous demon indeed but without one, things did always seem their bleakest when there was no hope to latch onto.

"We could leave, just you and me. Let these people deal with their own problems and enjoy whatever time the universe has left. We might even survive it with our actual powers back."