Gabriel sat on the edge of his bed, acold sweat covered his half naked form, he had not slept well. He held his head low, looking down at the ground, running his hands through his hair. Ever since that meeting with Ayl he felt changed somehow, like something was wrong with him. He could not explain it to anyone (not that he would try) nor could he explain it to himself. He just felt different. He chalked all of this strangeness to stress and lots of fighting. Slicking his hair back out of his face in his preferred style he stood up just in time to answer a knock at the door. Opening the door he saw Seth, having fully recovered yesterday before he went to sleep he looked just like he always did, spry and ready for action.<br/><br/>"Just thought I would come in and talk, since we have not done that for awhile." he said, inviting himself in and laying down on a couch beside a glass coffee table. "Have not gotten to talk to you since two days ago."<br/><br/>Gabriel walked across the room, reaching into his dresser for a shirt to wear, it was white and fit snugly over his unscarred form. "We talked yesterday." he said matter-of-factly.<br/><br/>"What we had was hardly a talk, you know."<br/><br/>"I guess you are right...fine then what did you want to talk about?" Gabriel asked.<br/><br/>"I don't know, what did you do yesterday after you left?"<br/><br/>"Merle and I went on a patrol and found that blood demon I mentioned in my report two days ago. We engaged it and attempted to eliminate it."<br/><br/>"Sounds fun..." Seth said, longing to be there at the fight.<br/><br/>"I was originally going to try and use the boy to find the Hunter's base of operations but Merle scared the hell out of him and ruined that." Gabriel said, his tone reflecting just how not fond he was of that encounter.<br/><br/>"Ugh..." Seth said, throwing his head back in frustration, "That girl is weird, a bit too happy. Now I am as enthusiastic as the next person about my job but she....she is just strange."<br/><br/>"Tell me about it," Gabriel replied, "I cannot see why I kept her around...anyways so the demon attempts to escape and I give chase, but it was able to elude me using its abilities."<br/><br/>"Ouch...score isn't looking good for you is it buddy?" Seth says, a smirk evident in his voice.<br/><br/>"That is what Merle said, even though she could probably have prevented the escape. She had abandoned me midway through the fight and went somewhere."<br/><br/>Seth looked up from where he was standing, as if hearing something. "Hear that?" he asked.<br/><br/>"What is it?" Gabriel asked, too focused in the conversation to have noticed.<br/><br/>"Sounds like somebody has come back." he said, heading out the door. Gabriel followed, donning his coat as he walked outside with him. A crowd had began to form in the square, following two figures, Merle and an unconscious man in her arms. Gabriel pushed through the crowd, walking beside Merle with Seth rather uneasily walking beside him.<br/><br/>"Someone else you abandon?" he asked rather coldly to her, unaware of the circumstances of the man's injuries or to his identity.