"Want me to report you for threatening me as well?" Gabriel said harshly.

"I'm not threatening you. I'm not saying that I'm going to stab you. I'm saying that I could have stabbed you, if I wanted to," Anthony shrugged. "and I didn't want to. Still don't.

"How generous of you..." Gabriel said dryly. He took his rosary again and started praying - the rosary out of his pocket, just in case this guy got weird ideas again.

Anthony glanced towards Gabriel again, and then looked away, because nothing what he was doing was of any interest of him. "Yeah, it is," he said. "so maybe don't threaten to report me over things I didn't do, hmm?" Reporting him for assault was understandable, because he actually did that. For threats, though? Nah.

Gabriel continued to pray quietly and did not respond.

Anthony took that as a yes. He sighed inaudibly and got up again, walked closer to the opening of the cave, and just looked at the water. The idea of throwing himself into the sea was very tempting, now. "No wonder I don't go to church. If all the priests are like you, I'd probably become an atheist very quickly." If this had accomplished anything, it was making him even more confident in his atheism.

That struck a cord. "I actually tried to be nice to you, if you care to remember." Gabriel defended himself.

"Well, I'd rather not be all buddy-buddy with a person who thinks I am a disgusting sinner, anyways," Anthony said, and accidentally came out. "doesn't matter how nice you tried to be, I don't really appreciate that."

His eyes flashed up to the man. He didn't know what to say, but he now felt a little bad about what he had said earlier. He bit his tongue.

"So, don't act surprised when you go on and on about people being gross sinners and sodomites going against the natural order and God's will, and then get decked in the face for it," Anthony kept talking. "that's just what happens. Be a better person or shut up, and it won't happen again." Why was he being so civil with this man, suddenly? Eww.