This new information doesn't phase Gabriel at all. If anything, it seems obvious. He pats Johnny's shoulder. "I love you now. It's in my nature to love all of my Father's creations."

He switches positions so that he's sitting on top of the nearest branch and smiles back down at Johnny. "If you know me, you must know that I am an angel of the Lord." To Gabriel, that means that he is an extension of his Father's will. "Under God's Grace, all things are loved." Surely these things are known. What silly little things these creatures are.