"I don't leave them to flounder. I've been traveling. I've been helping people... healing them and fixing things. There are bad people out there, but there are good people, too." He wasn't sure why he was even trying. Raphael refused to see what Castiel saw in their Father's creations.

Yes, Dean had broken the first seal and Castiel had done far worse than that, but he couldn't believe that atonement was impossible. Dean had forgiven him and surely his Father, in all of His infinite love and mercy could forgive them, that is if He even cared at all.

"I'm working to make amends for my mistakes. I can only hope that you don't think I'm the only one who has made them." He didn't mean just Raphael, either. Who among them hadn't made mistakes?