"You're not seen as a person, just your job." That was a strange bit of understanding.
Even when he was young, Gabriel hadn't gone out of his way to kill hunters, but only killed those that left him no choice. At first it had been brutal because he was young, only had venom and whatever else natural ability there was when he couldn't hide. "I do not kill unless I am forced to," the warning he'd given had been clear sign of that, and Jack could guess why the three he knew of had died just from that. The narrative was far from the truth.
"I... don't know?" He settled again, coils rearranging so he could comfortably sit amongst them again. "I know I've... wanted to feel cared for and return the favor, but I'm not sure if that's along the lines of what you mean." Something normal in his life, that had been missing since his family was ended.
He finished off the bit of food he'd taken, other than a few pieces of dried fruit he was going to let himself savor a bit. It was still sweet. "I'll be able to get out of sight if anything does somehow wander in to view all the same."
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Even when he was young, Gabriel hadn't gone out of his way to kill hunters, but only killed those that left him no choice. At first it had been brutal because he was young, only had venom and whatever else natural ability there was when he couldn't hide. "I do not kill unless I am forced to," the warning he'd given had been clear sign of that, and Jack could guess why the three he knew of had died just from that. The narrative was far from the truth.
"I... don't know?" He settled again, coils rearranging so he could comfortably sit amongst them again. "I know I've... wanted to feel cared for and return the favor, but I'm not sure if that's along the lines of what you mean." Something normal in his life, that had been missing since his family was ended.
He finished off the bit of food he'd taken, other than a few pieces of dried fruit he was going to let himself savor a bit. It was still sweet. "I'll be able to get out of sight if anything does somehow wander in to view all the same."