Gabriel regards him levelly.

"Okay," he says at last, quiet.

He's learned. That's a lot more than Gabriel can say for most people. And if this lesson doesn't stick for whatever reason --

Well, he's got a vested interest in this kid now, what with him wearing his work and getting Lucifer's attention turned on Gabriel himself.

"Go home, Andrew," he tells him, and the shadows shift along the forest floor, and for an instant the whole clearing smells of rain.

And then it's empty, save Andrew.