"Meaning they could kick your ass from here to Sunday," Thomas agreed with something of an obnoxious laugh. It wasn't entirely friendly, part of it being purely mocking, while some of it pitying just for the idea that Gabriel might be serious. He knew better, however, that Gabriel was not serious — it wasn't just the HQ he'd been caught lurking outside. "And at the hospital? You'll have to explain the appeal: women with needles were never really my type."