Seeing Nooroo would raise questions, trip memories. A former classmate and a complicated friend made total sense, but a creature like Nooroo was harder to come by. They would have to explain what he was, if he didn't reawaken parts of Adrien's mind simply by showing himself.

It would put them one step closer to Adrien remembering Plagg, and then, remembering himself as Chat Noir.

That was what Gabriel would take issue with. Even if Adrien was technically an adult, he was still Gabriel's son, and he'd spent his entire life being controlling and overprotective. Him getting older didn't fix things. If anything, him being hurt made it worse.

"I did hurt him," Nooroo said quietly. He hadn't been in control of that, of course, but... this had all been accomplished through his powers.