Master Gabb was summonned with the rest of Del to hear Adin's request for the Topaz, upset that he did not know a meeting was being held. Some of the other council members managed to get onto the meeting hall platform and bow to the "Archer of Azzure" before preparing to give him the Topaz, but Gabb was trapped in the crowd. Eager to have a role in the event, he asked Adin why Del was not his first stop. Adin responded that he would have wanted Del's Topaz to be the first gem he acquired, but that there were reasons it was not. While Gabb was satisfied with this answer, a girl in the crowd near him, Violet, embarrassed him by asking why his face was red. Master Gabb angrily told the girl to bite her tongue or the Archer would eat her up, but Violet recognises the Archer as Adin. The crowd,