001 -- video; night.
[ At first, there is nothing but static, flaring louder and louder, and the picture onscreen dissolving into fuzzy gray and black lines. It rises and rises, hitting almost ear-piercing pitches, until, abruptly, it stops, and the picture resolves itself into a man. There is a faint rustle that may or may not be wings. He peers at the device, head
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It's a dream world. [That's all She's going to say since Castiel probably has other things to say to her.]
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Are you Him?
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In a sense. I'm Him but not the one of your world.
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It is...good to see you. Regardless.
[ i missed you, what he wants to say but the words stick in his throat because castiel has ever been awful at expressing such sentiments. ]
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I'm happy to see you as well, Castiel. When you have time I'd enjoy a walk through the Garden together.
[He doesn't need to say it, She can just tell. And the invitation is Her way of saying he's allowed to see Her whenever he wants.]
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[ and the trainwreck of thoughts and emotions goes rolling on. how long has it been since his own Father looked at him like that, the things he has done, is currently doing, and whether or not it is known... ]
I can arrive whenever is convenient.
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I have no plans for the day.
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[ and there he is, walking towards Her through the garden. his expression is somewhat hesitant, unsure of how he will handle this particular meeting. ]
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Hello Castiel. You must have a lot of questions.
[Now She may be talking about questions referring to this place - or maybe even about the doubts on his mind but She doesn't specify.]
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You know me and all that I have done?
[ was this his sign? his sign to turn back and abandon all his plans? was this his answer, even if it had come in a most unexpected form? ]
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While you may be from a parallel world you are still My son and I'm capable of seeing all.
[Castiel could take this little detour and encounter whatever way he wanted but it wouldn't change anything back home.]
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except he was not sure, had not been sure for quite some time, but what else was he to do? ]
I knew of no other way.
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There might not have been a way to hold on to freedom and free will but the angels weren't designed like humans were. From the Beginning humans had choices laid out before them while the angels were more like an extension of God Himself - a hand that She/He could stretch across the world if She/He so desired. If She was going to give Her angels freedom then She certainly wouldn't have done it that way.]
The blame does not lie entirely on your shoulders. Angels simply weren't meant to carry the weight of the world and Heaven on their shoulders. In doing so it was much like a mother bird pushing her young out of the nest before they were capable of flight and not helping when they fell.
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[ and he is. for all that he still believes what he has done was necessary, that free will is possible and an apocalypse is unnecessary, Her opinion of his actions still matters. he looks away, unsure of what else to say. ]
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[If Castiel had truly been one of Her angels then not only would he have not needed to do what was necessary but had he started to seek out purgatory She would have cast him out. But this was not Heaven and he was not truly Her son so She places a hand on his shoulder.]
Let us talk of more pleasant things. [She smiles now, walking slowly through the Garden.] I was thinking of creating a skee ball arcade. All of the games would be skee ball and I'd play it all of the time.
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[ he had traveled the world three times over in search of his Father. the memory lends a bitter tone to his words, but he does not continue in that train of thought. not now, with Her hand on his shoulder and a smile on Her face. ]
I have never played skee ball.
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