"Let them." Something dangerous flashes in his eyes, but then Gabriel comes to sit down across from her once more.

"In fact, I welcome it," he says seriously. "There's a story that needs to be told -- a 'human interest' story, as it were."

"But it's something you need to hear first, Regan. And I'm afraid it's not going to be easy."

He knows better than anyone just how hard it may be.