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[nottheboss]

It's late at night. The corridors aren't quiet; they're full of men and women restlessly trying to sleep in their quarters. Bossie should be one of them. But instead he slips barefoot down the hallway to Carver's room, where he knocks.

"Hey, man, you up?"

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[minuteofangle]

"Think it's come time to loop her all the way in," Gabe admits. "She's been a good sport, but this is a lot to take on faith."

[aut_nihil]

"That comes down to you. You're the only proof we have that we're not all nuts." It's that or show her a demon, and he can't do that.

[minuteofangle]

Gabe nods slowly. "I'll talk to her before I head out. She listened to me before. At least it's an easy lift."

They don't need to show her an actual demon. Just Gabe's own teleporter trick.

[aut_nihil]

"Is it?" He gives Gabe an appraising look. "I know I've been leaning on you more than the others lately."

[minuteofangle]

Ah. Yeah.

Gabe puffs out a breath. “I’m the only one who can do it. Is what it is.”

[aut_nihil]

It is what it is. He can't ask anyone else to do the things Gabe does. He can only try to make it worth Gabe's while to listen.

"Well, talk to her. Then get that weapon Mancea found. And if we're lucky you'll get a nice break before the next crisis."

[minuteofangle]

“That’d be nice,” Gabe replies, a little wistfully. He and Mancea have plans and that’s something real to hold onto. A promise he’ll keep hidden inside himself until the time comes. “But I’ll take to her before we leave. Anything else I need to know?”

[aut_nihil]

"No," he says after a pause to be sure he's gone over everything. "That'll be all."

He'll go find Carver tonight, make sure he has someone to watch him sleep. See if Carver can sleep at all.

[minuteofangle]

“Okay,” Gabe agrees. He’s said his piece and made his pitches. Now it’s time to go to work. “You know where to find me if you need me.”

[aut_nihil]

"Good luck," he says. It's always a risk, going out on a mission. That's no less true now that they're facing off against demons.