At least in the case things aren't okay with Gabe, he'll still have a neighbour who's nice to hang out and get drunk with. That's a plus. But no, things will definitely be alright.

He picks up the bottle from his elbow - only barely managing not to knock it over, he's definitely going to be more careful about, even though he'd probably not really care about the bed smelling of alcohol if there was more alcohol inside him - and takes another drink too.

He pauses, still holding the bottle up. Considering whether to say it or not. "He might not have had a choice." Given they were just discussing how Seth had been locked up for months - and he knows at least Romac has rooms that can contain him, perhaps they'd even improved it from last time.