[Doctor Gabriel]

There was a soft thud as King Gabriel nimbly landed just behind the girl he'd been pursuing. Despite his rapid acrobatics across the skyline of the city, he seemed unnaturally composed and calm.

The strike and fizz of a match being lit on the heel of his boot was his only greeting and then His Majesty was squatting next to the strange girl. He rested his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands as he surveyed the beast and carnage before him, with a weary and out of place smile.

"So what exactly are we looking at here?" The Vagrant King let out a cloud of smoke as he asked his fellow spectator in a tone of mixed curiosity and mild amusement.