Gabriel lay on the ground for quite some time, contemplating the recent events in his head. Ayl's strength...it far surpassed anything that any of the other Hunters were capable of, though Gabriel could no longer compare Ayl to them because of his revelation.<br/><br/>"Not human, huh?" he said to the air above him. Silence permeated the place for quite some time before the voice in his head finally decided to once again share its opinion.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">An interesting development indeed...</span>Nicodemus said in a rather interested voice,<span style="font-style: italic">Not human, but not Hunter or Silencer. A demonic lord perhaps? You do not see those simply wandering about the human realm all by themselves.</span><br/><br/>"Whatever he is...he is an enemy, and a threat to all that the Reverend and the Council have worked to accomplish. He must be eliminated."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">How do you plan to defeat him?</span>Nicodemus said skeptically.<br/><br/>"He may not bleed...and he may not die as easily as others, but I am the same. All things can be killed." Nicodemus laughed in response to that, apparently amused by that statement.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">A weak being such as yourself cannot hope to succeed. You may act like you are some sort of soulless husk of a man but I know your true face."</span>Gabriel responded with a frown and got up from where he lay, cracking his neck and relieving his body of the stiffness that Ayl's paralysis spell had induced.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">You can lie to everyone else, but you cannot lie to yourself....that simply makes you weak, Gabriel Black.</span><br/><br/>"Just shut up and get back to figuring out who this Ayl Taveirn really is." Gabriel snapped rather angrily.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">As you wish my host.</span>Nicodemus said in a jokingly submissive tone, his presence fading from Gabriel's mind.<br/><br/>Erasing all thoughts of Nicodemus's words from his mind, Gabriel took off into the air in a rather violent leap that cratered the ground beneath him. Jumping from building to building back towards headquarters, he failed to erase one image from his mind, a little girl and a woman. Gabriel shook his head and continued his travels, not letting the people in his head get to him.