"They tended to do that", he says, utterly failing to suppress a smirk. Hey, she's alive, isn't she? No reason for any fuss.

"I don't like complicated," he adds, edging for a better explanation while trying to get a better handle on her. "Complicated makes things messy."

Venia scoffs at the notion. "You love complicated. You wanna marry complicated." The griffin pushes themselves up and moves closer to Gabriel in order to better shove their head into his lap. He rolls his eyes, but acquiesces to petting the creature nonetheless.