[ So this guy had been on Gabriel's radar even back during Blackwatch. Jack doesn't remember it ever coming across his desk, which means that it had been vetoed before it could even make it that far, and Gabriel had known better than to push the issue at that point. With their friendship on tenterhooks, it wouldn't have gone over well.

Gabriel does talk around the subject rather than starting yet another argument, and Jack can't help but appreciate it. They may not have been on the same page back then, but right now they have no choice but to be. ]

We're not Overwatch anymore. That's all done. Which means that we don't have to investigate through official channels.

[ Really, isn't this what Gabriel had always wanted? ]