He... wasn't really acting like someone who was about to lose their mind and body to something evil. If not quite forever, then at least for a pretty long time. That had been what Billy-Ray was looking forward to - watching the stoic reserve, the head held high despite a body-wide tremble, the attempt to be brave despite overwhelming odds. That was the sort of man he'd pegged Gabriel for. The same kind of person with the same kind of attitude as Valkyrie Cain, which was probably instilled in them both by the skeleton detective.
But there was none of it. There was nonchalance. There was absolute calm. There wasn't any bravery, solely because there wasn't any fear.
With anyone else, Billy-Ray would have been annoyed. Assumed a strength of disguise, instead of a strength of character, and worked harder at trying to break through it. With Gabriel... there wasn't an immediate reaction, because it wasn't often Billy-Ray had a real and true mystery to deal with. Someone he just could not figure out. Any reaction he might have had was so rusty, it was nonexistent.
Scarab had that suspicious look in his eye again as they approached. He didn't trust anything about this situation. He probably secretly thought there was a possibility something might go catastrophically wrong. If it did, and if there was, Billy-Ray was all the more excited for this.
Gabriel's power, whatever it was, had something to do with minds. Billy-Ray knew that, probably better than anyone in the Revenger's Club. And they were about to let something try to take over Gabriel's mind. Out of the three of them - Scarab, Dusk, and Billy-Ray - Billy-Ray was probably the only one with any real reason to expect this not to work. He could practically taste the suspense crackling in the air as Scarab pulled the cell door open and pushed Gabriel inside.
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But there was none of it. There was nonchalance. There was absolute calm. There wasn't any bravery, solely because there wasn't any fear.
With anyone else, Billy-Ray would have been annoyed. Assumed a strength of disguise, instead of a strength of character, and worked harder at trying to break through it. With Gabriel... there wasn't an immediate reaction, because it wasn't often Billy-Ray had a real and true mystery to deal with. Someone he just could not figure out. Any reaction he might have had was so rusty, it was nonexistent.
Scarab had that suspicious look in his eye again as they approached. He didn't trust anything about this situation. He probably secretly thought there was a possibility something might go catastrophically wrong. If it did, and if there was, Billy-Ray was all the more excited for this.
Gabriel's power, whatever it was, had something to do with minds. Billy-Ray knew that, probably better than anyone in the Revenger's Club. And they were about to let something try to take over Gabriel's mind. Out of the three of them - Scarab, Dusk, and Billy-Ray - Billy-Ray was probably the only one with any real reason to expect this not to work. He could practically taste the suspense crackling in the air as Scarab pulled the cell door open and pushed Gabriel inside.