His fingers found their long bodies, and he bumped them back before stroking their undersides and just under their chins. He liked to feel them, liked knowing that they were always watching over them both and they had it in them to either let Gabe sleep or wake the gorgon. He hummed with a low sound in his throat, as if telling them a secret. How much information transferred from them to Gabriel he didn't know, but he imagined it was a lot.

"Hush, let him sleep," he murmured softly to the snakes. "We can have a time together, yes?" He didn't know if the snakes had names, if they were just all Gabriel. His head tipped as he said those words though, allowing Gabriel's face deeper into the crook of his neck.

He liked the feel of those scales, the warmth of them. He definitely liked this body that Gabriel could obtain, as much as the humanoid form.