Gabriel took the hand and shook it, taking care to do it lightly; no one would be anticipating an iron grip from him, ideally. He had scribbled a few notes as Lerodoch had explained the ideas, and he set the notepad in front of himself with the pen laid across it before answering. "I'm Gabriel, and I came here from Avalon Academy. Marblegate is interesting so far, it's a lot different from home." A small part of him still felt a guilty twinge at lying to the students, but he had no real alternatives to doing so. "I wonder, what about, say, illnesses people are born with? I know those have always been difficult to truly cure, since technically the body isn't sick; it's just naturally in poor condition, in a manner of speaking."