"It's alright." Better not to let Vivi focus upon that facet too hard. There was nothing he could do to fix that, that much was right. "You've helped me, and that is all that matters." The scale of it, how much it comforted him, how long it would last didn't matter as much as the fact that he'd done anything at all to begin with.

Gabriel stifled the urge to sigh as that soul deep exhaustion sunk in deeper, the light of the angel's wings and halo flickering. He'd let them go out, focusing on keeping anything other than the basics necessary was taking more out of him than he'd like to admit.

"Vivi, would your siblings be able to find you? Just in case we become separated, and I'm unable to locate you myself." Frame it as a matter of preventative preparation, it was better than what he feared the truth might be. "Or would you be able to return to Lust yourself?"