i like to headcanon after gabe got very badly resurrected, he must have ran off and lost his mind for a while, had trouble keeping shape and was altogether intensely traumatized by his new form. He gets picked up by talon and they put him back together, so to speak. When he finally gains enough control over himself he escapes– and they let him. They know he’ll come back. There’s no where else for him to go.



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