Re: After people have started dancing - Claire (ABC) and Gabriel
There had to be, and Gabriel wished that he could pinpoint exactly what it was, but there was only so much information available to him, only so much that could go on. The only thing that he could figure for sure was that it wasn't the first kill that had sent him over that edge. He'd already done that himself, and even if he had went through the rest of the way and taken Peter's ability, he doubted it would have made him feel any differently about what he'd done. The lure of power was foul and disgusting as far as Gabriel was concerned. There was nothing alluring about it.
Something had to have happened to his other self to change that.
"I wish I knew," Gabriel said quietly. "If I knew for sure, I'd know exactly what to avoid. Now... Now all I can do is do the best that I can and pray that I never end up falling that far into the dark. I... I didn't have anything to lose back home. That might have had more to do with it than anything else," Gabriel said, looking over at her. "I didn't have anything to lose there. But here... There's too much. Too many people that I don't want to disappoint."