Her letting these intruders die probably wasn't any better than if she had killed them herself, but Gabriel can't bring himself to care. If they were out to harm her for nothing but selfish reasons, then they deserve anything that may have happened to them as a result.

As she goes unfocused, he holds her as steady as he can, but he knows that this image is only a symptom of a larger problem. What she has to say when she finally meets his eyes resonates with something he had felt in her mind earlier. He's scared himself, for her, because he's not sure that he has the capacity to fix whatever is wrong. He grips onto her, demanding her focus. Needing her to focus on giving him any information that might help her. "What are you holding onto?"