"There's a plan, son. A plan that's been in motion since before you were born. We've gone off course here and there it seems. And quite a lot of that is my fault."
He ticks his fingers against the glass.
"I don't need you, Gabriel. You'll forgive your old man for using that name?" He sighs as if this, all of this, is such a burden. "Your mother had one of her dreams when you were born. She saw what you'd become. I was almost too late. By the time I got upstairs, you were at the bottom of the bath tub. I gave you to Virginia to care for. A good woman. Perhaps too selfish. When you came more fully into your powers, just about the time my youngest did as well, I tried to seek you out again. It was too late. My wife decided it was time to put an end to me too."
His smile seems almost half hearted.
"I'm sorry we were never there for you. My attempt to bring you here has nothing sinister about it. There's no strings attached, Gabriel. If I wanted to, I could have stripped you of your ability a long time ago. I didn't."
He stands again, looking out the window.
"No. I guess I do want something from you. I want you to help me get my sons back. An old man needs his family more at this age than at any other time."
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He ticks his fingers against the glass.
"I don't need you, Gabriel. You'll forgive your old man for using that name?" He sighs as if this, all of this, is such a burden. "Your mother had one of her dreams when you were born. She saw what you'd become. I was almost too late. By the time I got upstairs, you were at the bottom of the bath tub. I gave you to Virginia to care for. A good woman. Perhaps too selfish. When you came more fully into your powers, just about the time my youngest did as well, I tried to seek you out again. It was too late. My wife decided it was time to put an end to me too."
His smile seems almost half hearted.
"I'm sorry we were never there for you. My attempt to bring you here has nothing sinister about it. There's no strings attached, Gabriel. If I wanted to, I could have stripped you of your ability a long time ago. I didn't."
He stands again, looking out the window.
"No. I guess I do want something from you. I want you to help me get my sons back. An old man needs his family more at this age than at any other time."