He had been speaking from the Winchesters' perspective; they, after all, had no idea that Gabriel had survived. To them, it was a sacrifice, even if Lucifer and Gabriel knew better.
He watches his little brother's apparent mounting annoyance with a quizzical tilt of his head, as though this whole situation is some logic puzzle that he hasn't figured out the trick to. He's missing some core component has to why Gabriel acts the way he does, why he continues to throw himself at mortals and other beings, over and over and over again. It's like watching history repeat itself, or like watching someone beat their head against a wall.
"Why do you waste your time with him?" he finally asks. "The vehicle I can almost understand-- it at least can get around the lifespan issue. But the boy? He'll live, what, another sixty years if he's lucky? That's an eyeblink to us, Gabriel. The entirety of his existence is so infinitesimally small compared to ours as to be nonexistent. And not only that, but he can't even comprehend what you are. Just hearing your voice would break him."
Some very special people can hear angels' voices, but Johnny isn't one of them. He isn't a prophet or a saint or a martyr.
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He had been speaking from the Winchesters' perspective; they, after all, had no idea that Gabriel had survived. To them, it was a sacrifice, even if Lucifer and Gabriel knew better.
He watches his little brother's apparent mounting annoyance with a quizzical tilt of his head, as though this whole situation is some logic puzzle that he hasn't figured out the trick to. He's missing some core component has to why Gabriel acts the way he does, why he continues to throw himself at mortals and other beings, over and over and over again. It's like watching history repeat itself, or like watching someone beat their head against a wall.
"Why do you waste your time with him?" he finally asks. "The vehicle I can almost understand-- it at least can get around the lifespan issue. But the boy? He'll live, what, another sixty years if he's lucky? That's an eyeblink to us, Gabriel. The entirety of his existence is so infinitesimally small compared to ours as to be nonexistent. And not only that, but he can't even comprehend what you are. Just hearing your voice would break him."
Some very special people can hear angels' voices, but Johnny isn't one of them. He isn't a prophet or a saint or a martyr.
"Your masochism worries me, little brother."