Didn't you know? Asking more questions just sets Gabriel up for the last word again. Not that he's interested in keeping this up all day, but with Jack suddenly getting up like that? He has no problem with fighting back. If he has the energy to spare, he sure as hell won't back down.

"Why ask when you know the answer?" He snaps, turning back on his heel to meet Jack's sudden response. He raises two fingers, bringing them together and pointing at Jack, almost like a warning.

Don't fucking push me.

"I'm two steps ahead of you, always have been, and always will. It didn't turn out this way from sharing intel."

Helps to have a genius hacker on your side, too. One of his greatest weapons, and greatest liabilities. Sometimes you just had to sacrifice a little (or a lot of) comfort to get that extra edge in the on-going war of national security.