Gabriel didn't flinch.

“You have used your power recently and now you look like death for it. I take it from the state of you both, your attempts to keep the newbie safe aren't going so well? Poor boy, being stuck with you as a mentor, Gabriel. He won't last long,” Sabrina said.

“Thanks. We will be on our way,” Gabriel said.

“To the Inquisition hideout hidden in the sewers? Last I heard, it is not so hidden or in one piece anymore. Good job you didn't try and go there babe?” Sabrina said.

“Okay, Henry and I are-”

“You will be my guests until Henry calms down. You only found your way here because I led you to me. There are distraction fields everywhere, they won't be able to get to you here. Plus, you both could probably do with a stiff drink, you especially Gabe.”

So they sat and, after Henry was drugged up again to make sure his power didn't spike, they drank. It started as a little, but then a little turned into a lot. Soon they were laughing about anything and everything, the world outside completely forgotten.

“So, I've got this politician in bed and I'm rocking his world, if you know what I mean, and he asks for a receipt for when we are finished. Says he can put it down as an expense. I mean, what a thing to bring up then, of all times. Makes a girl feel unwanted. Well, that was before all the expenses scandal and fortunately he didn't quite make it out of here, so it didn't make the media coverage. You win some, you kill some. You know how it is,” Sabrina said as she swayed on her seat.

“How did you end up here Sabrina? I mean, were you born an alternate?” Henry asked, even while inebriated he was still one for questions.

“Gorgeous, apart from the Inks, we are all born alternates.” Sabrina said. “Mine isn't exactly the happiest of stories, but I suppose none of ours are. My brother and I were orphaned at the age of eleven on the streets of the under-city. My father and mother were members of one of the big covens who had gone to war with the Inquisition. They got in over their heads and the Inquisition inevitably came a-knocking and killed them. Abandoning us before it happened was their only choice. So we grew up here, mainly stealing and conning our way through life. I was good at mind tricks, my brother fast and strong. Together we were unbeatable.