He hadn't expected Gabe to mention family, but Barnaby did a good job of not letting it show in his face. Instead, he regarded the other patient with a mixture of polite interest and concern. After all, even if he didn't get the impression that this man was a liar, that didn't necessarily mean he needed to take everything he said at face value, either.

"This facility is capable of transporting someone across large distances in the blink of an eye, and has found ways to tamper with a lot of people's abilities," he pointed out. "It has also managed to fool the outside world by posing as a hospital. Would your brother really have the resources for all of that?"

Not even Abbas Prison, which was built for the specific purpose of containing dangerous criminal NEXTs, had the technology this place seemed to. He couldn't imagine a single man being behind their imprisonment -- unless, perhaps, he an organization like Ourboros to back him.