As his fingers continued their venture just softly touching and memorizing the curves and lines of Gabriel's face, Jack's fingers did pause when he became aware of a few of the snakes moving in. While he wasn't at all frightened of the potential of their gaze, he knew that they still had venom.

It seemed that they had warmed up enough to him to allow touch when his hands were in reach. This wasn't the first time either, which seemed to mean that he had their approval for the most part. He lifted his hand away from Gabriel's face to take the time to stroke and touch each of the snakes that had come demanding attention of their own.

"This will be our little secret," he whispered to them, though he had no doubt they were very bad at keeping secrets given they were literally attached to the gorgon and made up aspects of what made the creature special.

It didn't even seem like the gorgon would stir, not yet anyway. He thought he might be taking advantage but here they were.