Sometimes Gabriel thought it might be easier if they forgot how happy they'd been. He cherished the memories himself, but they were bittersweet at best, and at worst deeply painful: remembering how good things had been just made it even more difficult to know that they would never be that happy again.

"Better than torture, sure." He grinned up, waggling his eyebrows. "I'm not contagious, Raph, don't worry. I've only ever given people STDs intentionally."