Maybe. It was a lot riding on maybes, as far as Nathan was concerned, but there wasn't much that could be done about it. There had been attempts in the past to undo what the PTB had done, completely outside the recent swapping situation, and that had only proven that they could try and cheat the system, but those individuals would still end up send back. Nathan could only hold to the small hope that even if Gabriel remembered nothing, his control of his ability still remained beneath the forgotten memories.

"The place?" Nathan said, shaking his head slightly. "No. The PTB, the Senior Partners, yes, but not this place." There had been a time he'd intensely disliked this place, early on when he was still coming to grips with the fantastical being reality and the danger being constant. That period had been there, but it hadn't lasted because the trials and obstacles had taught him important lessons, one of which was to be thankful for this place because of what it had given him that he would never had gotten at home, not just in personal revelations, but in family.

He turned his head, giving her a soft smile. "I can't look at you sitting here and ever say this place is cruel."