[ It feels like something cold has run down the back of his neck and along his spine. For a moment, Castiel can't hear anything over the static of his own mind.
He lowers the tablet. Doesn't want to respond, but at the same time... he knows he has to. ]
[ What did he see? He saw the agreement, how desperate Castiel was to do something, every awful thing those creatures did, eating him alive from the inside out. The festering of the darkness Castiel holds inside him, underneath the shocking brilliance of all that Light. Strangely, Vanitas could resonate with a lot of the things he'd said. A lot of it sounded familiar to his own Master. ]
It's true that age and intellect are not related to one another. That's a surprisingly astute observation from you, even if protrays a lacks of broader understanding rivalling Dean's.
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Yes. They stopped me from getting to the other side.
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What did you encounter, exactly?
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[ He's never seen a squid before, he doesn't know that's what they looked like. ]
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You'd be of no help to me.
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How does that work, exactly? The corruption of Darkness.
[ He's done his fair share of corrupting himself. ]
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[ As much as that's surprised him. ]
It will take you over and turn you into a monster.
And not like those Leviathans of yours.
This Darkness will grow on what you have and eat your Heart.
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He lowers the tablet. Doesn't want to respond, but at the same time... he knows he has to. ]
You found an opal
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[ And a few weeks ago, he would have nastily driven that point home. ]
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Perhaps he didn't see enough.
Perhaps...
Hm. ]
What did you see?
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Everything.
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[ Yet. Though truth be told there's little Vanitas could say that Castiel hasn't already tortured himself with.
There's a reason why he wanted to stay in Purgatory, to be hunted and flayed by the Leviathans.
There's a reason why he didn't want to return to Heaven to face the ruin he made of it.
There's a reason why he travelled the world trying to answer prayers and give and give and give of himself before Naomi took his choices away. ]
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I've been busy.
Don't worry, you'll get your turn.
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Make sure you no longer blow over like a leaf by the time you attempt to deliver on your empty promises, Vanitas.
[ Never let it be said that Castiel doesn't know how to goad. ]
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[ Also that's kindergarten levels of insults, Vanitas. Really, you gotta try harder. ]
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I've got a pretty good idea.
You're old, doesn't make you smart.
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