"It's good of you to worry," Gabriel said to Tanith with a reassuring smile, "but yes, we all got out, and back to our own universes." Gabriel had stayed behind to make sure, to double-check on Castiel, make sure everyone got out. He wished, strongly, that he had something to follow to Castiel too--but he didn't; Castiel had lost his rosary sometime before the end. Skul was the only person he could safely visit, the only person he could find between universes.

He looked to Ghastly, then, nodding. "As I said, Landel pretended to us that it was a legitimate institute--so the whole day was divided into shifts, just like a real hospital. It was during the Arts and Crafts shift we met." The Archangel looked into Ghastly's eyes and smiled, then, quiet and understanding. "We were both still new. Clumsy, unbalanced, still adjusting to being human. I had to teach him how to swallow, the first morning after my arrival."