Seeing Gabriel stick his tongue out, even if they theoretically knew that dragons had better sense of their surroundings through taste and scent than most species, was kind of adorable. Casey couldn't help but twitch their lips up into a smile at the sight. What else could they do, really? The world had just done a rather large turn on its head with the information that a humanoid had actually been a dragon hiding in plain sight.

"Why hide? No one is afraid of dragons," they said slowly, in a tone that meant the social context. Respect for their abilities was different. It was entirely possible for dragons to live in sentient society in current days even if many chose not to. Or did they? "Wait, is this... something every dragon can do?"

That just made the whole thing even more confusing. Their hold tightened as Casey curled up more around Gabriel, this new and different Gabriel that was still warm and reassuring and there.