Maybe it slipped out, but it was an encouraging sign. Meant that Sam wasn't as dead inside as a lot of the others in rehab. He still had a spark of something bright in him and Gabriel immediately resolved to make Sam smile as often as he could.

"Think if I get enough sugar in me I could hummingbird my way outta this joint?" He looks over Sam with a faintly critical eye. "We're gonna need it by the truckload if you're coming with."