Gabriel doesn’t answer right away, perhaps indicating that Johann has found the magic words. It’s a long moment before he speaks again, like he’s just spent the last few seconds weighing his options. He’s always been a high-risk, high-reward type-person—that much is evident, or he wouldn’t be here in the first place.

“If you’re lying to me, I’m coming back here to kill you.”

He imagines, however, that Johann gets that a lot.