"And you love every minute of it," Gabriel told him, rocking back and forth on his heels with one hand in his pocket and one flourishing in the air. "The chance to talk as much as you like at people! You don't even have to worry about whether they're paying attention, am I right?"

He smirked. "Yeah, about that. You might want to hold off, unless you plan to accidentally poison her. Some training videos would've been nice before you threw us into the fire."

She could use it, eh? Maybe the Sleepers were being a pain in her ass. Gabriel didn't normally gift just desserts to minors, but he couldn't deny a bit of vindictive satisfaction at the thought that things might not be running too smoothly.