[He blinks in mild confusion, attempting to parse why when his brain is still only running on half capacity. Drawn out of himself enough to try and bolster John, but unable to process or think about what happened to him last night yet.
Ah, of course, that must be the issue.]
Gabriel will understand, John, he has extremely low opinions of his own self worth as well. Not that it comes from the same place as yours, he had an overprotective and doting parent who fuelled his sense of a grandiose purpose from a young age - most likely his mother, it tends to be mothers statistically speaking. Unfortunately, that then translated into a dichotomy with the mundane reality of his existence, leaving him with an unfulfilled sense of potential and issues of self worth. I expect those are now exacerbated with the loss of his powers, thus anything that made him special and acted as a mental buffer between himself and the murders committed in the name of pursuing his 'destiny', allowing him to excuse his actions in the name of the rewards. He doesn't have that now, so he has to face up to the people that he's killed, as well as the fact that even with all the powers he stole, he is still plain old Gabriel Gray underneath it all.
[He isn't even looking at Gabriel as he deduces, eyes still fixed on the tablet.]
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[He blinks in mild confusion, attempting to parse why when his brain is still only running on half capacity. Drawn out of himself enough to try and bolster John, but unable to process or think about what happened to him last night yet.
Ah, of course, that must be the issue.]
Gabriel will understand, John, he has extremely low opinions of his own self worth as well. Not that it comes from the same place as yours, he had an overprotective and doting parent who fuelled his sense of a grandiose purpose from a young age - most likely his mother, it tends to be mothers statistically speaking. Unfortunately, that then translated into a dichotomy with the mundane reality of his existence, leaving him with an unfulfilled sense of potential and issues of self worth. I expect those are now exacerbated with the loss of his powers, thus anything that made him special and acted as a mental buffer between himself and the murders committed in the name of pursuing his 'destiny', allowing him to excuse his actions in the name of the rewards. He doesn't have that now, so he has to face up to the people that he's killed, as well as the fact that even with all the powers he stole, he is still plain old Gabriel Gray underneath it all.
[He isn't even looking at Gabriel as he deduces, eyes still fixed on the tablet.]