The handshake initiated, Gadreel closed his eyes and allowed the drift to flow over him. Sam shows him everything, holding nothing back and Gadreel opens himself up to Sam. Life as an orphan in Haven, finding brothers after a terrifying battle that had leveled most of the city near the Shatterdome. Laughing with Gabriel, throwing himself wholeheartedly into training when he'd learned that he was drift compatible with Eve. The battle with the Kaiju, making one bad call, one bad decision.

A bad decision that had cost a good pilot her life, destroyed half of the city and resulted in a court martial. Living in disgrace, so certain that it had been his fault.

He wanted to make it right, wanted to stand with Sam and follow where he led. He's ready. They both are.