Angel smiled a little at the comparison but it also worried him. Knowing how he was himself, that only meant Connor was running himself into the ground with too much going on. He needed to try and check in with him soon.
They walked for a little while longer and Angel stayed quiet as he spoke. Gunn wasn't blind. It was obvious that everyone wasn't being completely truthful in what was going on. Faith had been gone for too long to keep the weapon story plausible but they were still running with it anyway.
"I trust you, Gunn, but it's not all of my information to tell." He caught the look on the other man's face and sighed. He was right that he did need to know if they were going tobe eeffective in keeping Dawn and the prison safe. Finally, hr stopped walking and looked straight at him.
"Most people know that Glory is looking for she's calling a key to get herself back to her dimension. What not many people know is what that key actually is." Angel rubbed the back of his neck before continuing.
"When I left LA those weeks after we came back from Pylea because Buffy died? They'd just gotten finished battling Glory. She sacrificed herself because the portal needed the blood it was opened with to be closed. Buffy didn't open the portal but Glory used Dawn to do it with. Dawn is the key."
He waited a few moments to watch him let the information sink in. "Dawn was made and memories were given by magic so that no one would ever realize who she was. The information got out and that was how Glory found her. Right now Glory knows what Dawnjs, but we're doing everything that we can to make sure Glory doesn't know she's ineverett or ddoesn't know where to look to find her. Not many people know because some would have no problem sacrificing the one for the many."