(Dreaming #1-3) - Cain told Abel he was looking well, too well in fact, and insinuated that he'd like to smash his head in. Abel blubbered that he hadn't given away any secrets or mysteries, but Cain beheaded him anyway, saying he was bored of sting to rationality. Goldie and Cain's gargoyle Gregory dragged Abel back to the House of Secrets and watched over him until he was healed. Goldie was traumatized, but Abel assured her that it wasn't so bad, and after millennia he was used to being brutally murdered by his brother. In a fit Goldie confronted Cain and spat fire at him. Cain visited Abel demanding an explanation for what he considered an unprovoked attack, and Abel told him that Goldie wished his brother would treat him better. Cain was prepared to kill his brother again to maintain the status quo, but both Goldie and Gregory stopped him. Goldie couldn't stand seeing her friend hurt, and ran away. Goldie sought refuge in the Labyrinth Grill. run by Greek myths. A limbless man named Tempto bent Goldie's ear, and convinced Goldie that she could help Cain if she went on a mission for him. Tempto was once the serpent of the garden of Eden, and destroyed others by tempting them simply because he could. He had Goldie haul him to Terra Incognita, and forced her to toss a cameo of Abel into the sea. Abel convinced Cain to help find Goldie, and they were soon right behind her.. Tempto took Goldie to the garden of Eden, and he convinced her to modify the story so there never was a fall of man. The garden was a paradise again, with Eve restored to Adam, although she was none too happy about it. Goldie sensed the wrongness of the situation, and restored the story to normal. Eve told Cain and Abel that golden gargoyles guarded all the stories, especially the old ones that bound together the Dreaming and the waking world. She showed Goldie and the brothers the bones of Goldie's predecessor, telling them that she should have hatched and taught Goldie, but Dream's absence changed things. Despite Abel's objections, Eve told him Goldie had to remain to grow into being the guardian she was destined to be. Abel was in abject misery, and asked Cain to kill him. Cain thought it most unusual to be ordered around by his brother, but complied, and Abel died with a smile on his face. In death Abel got a chance to visit Goldie the guardian.