"I think that what needs to be clear here is that you are not broken. Your feelings don't make you broken. More than that it's okay to get help from someone, especially if that someone wants to help you."

Gabriel knew that wasn't easy to accept for someone who had had to be independent for so long. Getting him to break that mindset would not be a simple task. After all, he had viable proof that asking for help would get him nothing and only one real moment of proof to show otherwise.

"You do not need to be fixed. If you want to work then you can when you are ready. And it's alright to let me help you until you are ready."