He didn't sound impressed. He didn't look it either, for that matter - but, well, that was about usual for Gabriel. 'Mercurial' was the polite way of putting it; the less polite way was that he tended to see-saw between extremes of hyperactivity and boredom like a small child with a sugar problem. That was probably because he was a small child with a sugar problem.
"You're part of a pretty small batch, this time around. Maybe you're special... ooooor maybe they just got lazy. Given the evidence so far, I'd personally go for lazy, but hey - don't judge a book, and all that. Who knows, you might not be a complete waste of space. You got a name? Or am I gonna have to call you variations on 'newbie' for the rest of your stay? Cause fair warning, it'll make me sound like a teenager playing Call of Duty, and nobody wants that."
Not that it would make much difference if John did tell him - Gabriel more or less viewed using someone's given name as a last resort - but it was good to know. It helped with making up silly nicknames, for one thing.
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He didn't sound impressed. He didn't look it either, for that matter - but, well, that was about usual for Gabriel. 'Mercurial' was the polite way of putting it; the less polite way was that he tended to see-saw between extremes of hyperactivity and boredom like a small child with a sugar problem. That was probably because he was a small child with a sugar problem.
"You're part of a pretty small batch, this time around. Maybe you're special... ooooor maybe they just got lazy. Given the evidence so far, I'd personally go for lazy, but hey - don't judge a book, and all that. Who knows, you might not be a complete waste of space. You got a name? Or am I gonna have to call you variations on 'newbie' for the rest of your stay? Cause fair warning, it'll make me sound like a teenager playing Call of Duty, and nobody wants that."
Not that it would make much difference if John did tell him - Gabriel more or less viewed using someone's given name as a last resort - but it was good to know. It helped with making up silly nicknames, for one thing.