No, Gabe was slipping. Niles was falling and Gabe was supposed to catch him, not mess up the grip. There wasn't supposed to BE an Amanda.
It was them. It was just them, only them, and Gabe finds himself shaking. Not with anger, but with fear. He knows Niles can feel him, trembling. Afraid. Like he'd been looking into the eyes of the Votan, the sleek, reptilian Indogene before everything...
And it's gone. Just like that, Gabe knits himself together. Finds another skin.
"Niles," He speaks, and there's just a speck of firmness. Of desperation, trying to seep into the Mayor's pores. Gabriel is nourishing himself on Niles' indecisiveness, growing stronger with each unsure look. He looks down at the older man, and, with one hand, grabs Niles by the chin to make sure the other was staring at him.
"I am your last link with Connor. Not Amanda. Me. And I don't want to lose you. I can't. If I lost you, I.. I don't know what I'd do."
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No, Gabe was slipping. Niles was falling and Gabe was supposed to catch him, not mess up the grip. There wasn't supposed to BE an Amanda.
It was them. It was just them, only them, and Gabe finds himself shaking. Not with anger, but with fear. He knows Niles can feel him, trembling. Afraid. Like he'd been looking into the eyes of the Votan, the sleek, reptilian Indogene before everything...
And it's gone. Just like that, Gabe knits himself together. Finds another skin.
"Niles," He speaks, and there's just a speck of firmness. Of desperation, trying to seep into the Mayor's pores. Gabriel is nourishing himself on Niles' indecisiveness, growing stronger with each unsure look. He looks down at the older man, and, with one hand, grabs Niles by the chin to make sure the other was staring at him.
"I am your last link with Connor. Not Amanda. Me. And I don't want to lose you. I can't. If I lost you, I.. I don't know what I'd do."
A deep breath.
"I don't trust her."