Gabe might be in the slightly vague tranquility on the other side of exhausted, but he could still produce a credible now you're just being insulting look. Which he now did. "I've worked through worse." He'd fought through worse. But William had that look like he was about to start being pigheaded about it, so before he could even open his mouth, Gabe said, "Relax, princess, it's all ready to go. I don't actually have to do anything." He rubbed at his eye again - it ached, but whatever - and added, much more quietly, "Which is just as well."