It was not just Gadriel, but he was the easiest mark, he figured.

"You did not. My," he shook his head, staring up at the sky, because this was not a conversation he wanted to have. "My previous attempts were," what? Disastrous? humiliating? Ineffectual? "clear sign that it was not something that was meant for me." He was better off not even allowing himself to want it.