After a moment of consideration, Gabriel sat down on the floor next to Garfield,, knees partly drawn up and his loosely folded arms resting on them in a less distressed mimicry of Garfield's pose. "Then if you'll pardon my saying so, your father was clearly a fool," he said. "At least in that area. I've made quite a few missteps with regards to you, and I guarantee that I'll make more. But I'd never actively turn you away like that if I had any choice in the matter."