Gabriel looked out the window to a remnant of civilization. He had a good view of it from the upper floors of Headquarters. He could not hear anything through the glass, but he knew what to expect out there. Silence....the absence of life, there was nothing down there to make noise. Everything in Elra that lived resided within these walls, the last buildings that could stand were inside of these walls. It was strange really, humanity with all of their accomplishments and all of their advancement, lost everything with a simple application of the Reverand's will. He guessed that is what it came down to...will. All the power in the world cannot help you if you do not have the motivation or the will. The Reverand had that in spades, he had all the power he could ever need and he had all the drive to use it to its full potential. There was no way the Hunters could have survived that...though even if they did, what could they hope to do? They were more organized, larger in number, and they had the power of the Reverand, who after that display could be compared to a god. Whatever the case, true victory will either ensured or slightly more difficult to ensure, the end result will be the same either way.<br/><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">What are you thinking about, Gabriel?</span>" the dark voice of Nicodemus inquired as he thought to himself.<br/><br/>"If you really wanted to know you could just look." Gabriel said in his head.<br/><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">This is true, but you made it very clear you did not want me having free reign over your mind and I am respecting that...much to my disappointment. Your mind is a very interesting thing you know.</span>" Nicodemus chuckled rather contently at that last word. Gabriel rolled his eyes and shook his head.<br/><br/>"How nice of you, and here I was thinking that the word of a demon was lacking in trustworthiness."<br/><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">Keep thinking that way, you're right you know. Us demons do not really have a reason to be truthful to you, that method of thinking has kept you alive so far....you don't trust the Reverand, you don't trust the Council, you seem to trust almost nobody in this place. It is better that way though isn't it? The people here aren't really people you should trust anyway if you ask me.</span>" the demon paused.<br/><br/>"So you are saying that I shouldn't let you get into my mind then?" Gabriel replied.<br/><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">No you fool...my motivations for wanting that are not malicious in anyway. Other demons would be more than content to rend the minds of their humans for the sake of abusing the power of the bonded soul without having to deal with the human equation, but eradicating the human will makes the union so much weaker. The Silencer that is created from such action is not even half of what it could be. Humans and demons must be in complete synchronization for Silencers to achieve their full potentials. Let's face it...with how strong these Hunters have been getting you will need more than you have right now in terms of power. You will need to manifest me eventually.</span>" Nicodemus spoke with complete seriousness. He was right, Gabriel could not get by solely with his own abilities. Allowing Nicodemus into his mind would allow him to be much better at what he already did...but at what cost? What would happen when this was all over? What would happen to all of these Silencers when this was all over? He could not be sure of any long term consequences.<br/><br/>"We will talk about this later, Nicodemus." he said dismissively.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Very well my host.</span>Nicodemus responded in a sort of sarcastic submissiveness.<br/><br/>Gabriel took one last look outside before he turned and walked out of the room to the nearest elevator. There was work to be done.