Raw Interview Spotlight: Sable

It’s very nice to meet you,
Sable. I’m Dr. Branton Church. I hope you don’t mind the location. I assumed
you would feel more at ease in a bar than in my office.

 Eh,
I don't really care. I'm good wherever.





Excuse me for chuckling. I forgot
that you’re much more laidback than your associates. 



I
ain't really got anything to hide. I pretty much say it how it is. Best way to
be I guess.





I concur. Honesty doesn’t tend to
get a person in as much trouble. You, however, are an exception. From what I’ve
learned, it’s hard for you to stay out of it. Although I suspect fraternizing
with humans for as long as you have would explain some of your behavior.



The
only reason honesty gets people in trouble is because they don't really want to
hear the truth. I lived with diminished powers for so long it was easy to
forget what I was. Humans are interesting creatures.





Correct me if I’m wrong, but I
get the sense that you would willingly return to that life if given the option.
Do you not consider yourself above them, as most nephilim do?



No,
I don't. I've made my fair share of mistakes, just like the humans. I've
actually made mistakes worse than some humans have. I'm no better than they
are. We are all flawed creatures. In fact, more times than not since we all
went our separate ways, I actually forget that I have powers.





Let’s be honest, shall we? You’re
powers were stripped from you. You failed to protect someone you cared for and
lost your powers as a result. You then spent more than two centuries as little
more than a peon stuck in the dregs of humanity. Isn’t that the honest truth of
it, Sable?



Boy,
you don't mess around do you?



Ummm,
yeah. That's pretty much the gist of it. . . . At first I thought living as a
human would be the most horrible thing on Earth, and at first I wanted to die. But
the more I was around them the more I saw how they lived; completely oblivious
to the evils that I had to fight. Living as a near human was humbling because
if they could live without powers so could I.





That’s a much more enlightened
response than I would expect from most. It sounds as though it was quite a
learning experience for you. Do you feel a sort of responsibility to your kind
to share that enlightenment?



**laughing**
You don't live for 600+ years and not pick up a thing or two. As for
responsibility . . . not really. It's not my job to babysit the others. I will
help those who ask for it. People (the nephs) know who I am and know if they
need help they can come to me. I have a life—a life I rather enjoy now that I
can live it in peace.





But you do, in fact, take it upon
yourself to mentor and care for others. Angie and Josh are a prime example.
What makes them different than all the rest?



I
don’t really know. I haven't taken any in since then nor do I allow any to get
that close. There was just something about them that pulled at my heart. Right
off the bat I see these two tough kids watching out for each other, not really
knowing what was going on. There was just something special about them.



I'll
mentor if I need to or when the situation calls for it. Theirs called for it.





You grew quite close to the
siblings over time, didn’t you? Would you consider yourself a surrogate father?



More
or less. . . . They needed some sort of guidance and I felt like I was supposed
to take care of them.





You weren’t using them to fill a
void left by the one person you were supposed to protect? Let’s talk about her,
shall we?



Hmmmm,
you're good. . . . and yes I suppose I was trying to make up for her.





For someone touted as open and
forthcoming, that a considerably curt answer.



You
didn't directly ask me a question about her. You only implied that we should
talk about her in an off-handed question way.





Forgive me then. Sable, why did
you choose to take a human woman as your mate?



I
really didn’t “choose” anything. I’d discovered that she was being hunted by Daemon
because she was pregnant. I’m not exactly sure where I was at this point. . . .
I think it was when I was running an inn somewhere in Romania that no
longer exists today. She quite literally stumbled into the inn. She was so
frantic her mind was screaming a hundred different things. At first I was going
to turn her away, but the one word that stuck out to me was Daemon. I knew if
she knew who he was and what he was doing then she was his target.



She
couldn't have been more than 16 and was so scared. So I took her and we
vanished. Started new. I'd lived long enough that I could pretty much stay
hidden, but Daemon was ruthless and he found us in the Alps.
We'd managed to stay off his radar for five years



He
forced us to watch as he killed the child and then he forced me to watch as he
killed her.  Against my better judgment I’d
fallen in love with her. Once he was finished with her I begged him to kill me.
But he's sick. He slashed me across the face and stripped my powers; told me
that I would live with and remember everything that happened that day. I did
and I still do. Is that the answer you were looking for?!





I can understand how difficult
something like that is to endure. Did finding Angie and connecting with her the
way you did ease some of the rough edges off those memories?



It
did. It felt like I was getting a second chance, if you will, to make up for
where I'd failed. Though I never once thought of Angelica that way.





Let’s back up just for a moment. One
would think given your age and, shall we say, penchant for mentoring that you would be the more appropriate
leader of The Chosen Seven. Why did you defer
to Angelo to take on that role instead? Was it this sense of failure that kept
you from taking the reins?



Honestly,
yes it probably was. I'm a big dude, but I'm not afraid to admit when I can't
handle something. I didn't want that responsibility. Angelo had been charged
with finding and protecting Erin. None of us
really knew how big this thing was going to get. It was better that I stepped
aside when it came to fighting Daemon. It's likely that I wouldn't have been able
to see past all the hurt. So it made sense that Angel just took the reins. Plus,
I think he needed to feel that sense of purpose. He'd been through so much in
his centuries.





That worked out well for him,
didn’t it? What about your own current love life? It’s no secret that plenty of
women find you attractive. For that particular audience’s benefit, how would
you classify your romantic status at the moment?



Yes,
so it would seem.  I’ve had my fair share
of interests in the past. Live as long as I do and you tend to get an
"itch" every once in a while. My romantic status . . . well, single
at the moment, but always looking for that perfect lady.





I think your female fans will be
quite pleased to hear that. It sounds as though you’re content with your path as
of now. Have you felt the need to help your friends with their current
difficulties, or have you taken a hands-off approach? Specifically speaking, I
understand that you’re one of the few who have direct contact with Thaddeus.



I
haven't really taken a hands-off approach per se. I just believe folks’
business is their business. If I see things getting out of hand then I may say
my piece, but otherwise how are people going to learn to stand on their own two
feet?



And
yes, I do continue to talk to him. We’re old friends and there were really no
strains on us.





I’m interested, as is my
audience, in speaking with him. I’ve been told that you are the one to
facilitate such a meeting. That seems to be your role in this whole dynamic.
You are the go-between and supplier of all things. Would you be capable of
arranging a meeting with him?



I
can't speak for him, but I will get a hold of him and see. I can't make any
promises though.





Thank you very much, Sable. It
has been a pleasure speaking with you. Your reputation in the community isn’t
exaggerated at all. One last question before we conclude. Having lived through
the difficulties you have, how hard do you think Angie will find it now that
she’s facing equally high hurdles?



I
can’t speak for my Angelica. She's got a long road ahead of her. She's very
prideful and stubborn. She doesn't like to depend on anyone nor does she want
people to wait on her hand-and-foot. This isn't going to be easy on her one
bit, but she's strong and I've no doubt she'll survive it. **laughing** Hell
who knows, she may be stronger as a human than we will with all of our powers
combined.