He smiles faintly. "Neither do I," he says. "It's not my building, it's - it belongs to a friend of mine." Why can't he just say 'boyfriend'? "He's kinda... uh, magic? He can make money as needed. Point is he doesn't need anything from us. He does it cause he can, not cause he has anything to gain."

Cause he's a good person. Good - entity. He's good beyond good, even if he's weirdly far from human sometimes and wholly terrifying other times, he's amazingly, gloriously good, and he's in love with Johnny.

How does Gabe not see how little sense that makes?

He excises these thoughts with a little huff of breath and a shake of the head. "That's just what we do," he says. "We look out for each other."