"'What matters now is what you do next,'" he mutters, almost to himself, then says more clearly, "It's a setback, but we'll get past it. There's a way, we just have to find it."

He refuses to admit any other possibility. Never, never again will Gabriel Tam give up on anything concerning his children.

He glances from Regan to Crowley and then draws himself up, starting toward the Cortex screen.

"I'll tell him."