"I'm not..." Sam trails off, then shakes himself and tries again. "I mean, yes, of course. I just...I think I'd gotten used to the idea that I wasn't going to find a dragon."

It was already getting harder for many Hunters to find dragons. So many groups were like the ones that Gabriel had warned him away from. They wouldn't want to get involved because they considered Demons to be a human problem.

"And, of course, I won't tell anybody that you're one of the Four. If anybody besides me knows that, that's for you to decide." He steps forward, putting his hand on Gabriel's shoulder. Well, close to his shoulder, at least. To feel those warm scales beneath his hand.