And that's around the moment when Gabriel realises just how personal a subject this is for Raphael. He shuts up for a moment, reconsidering his approach. It's all very well seeing Castiel's side of this, but Raphael doesn't need someone playing Devil's Advocate. As far as Gabriel can tell, it seems more like he just needs some support. Since Michael's been in the Cage, Gabriel imagines Raphael's not had a lot of that.
"His intentions may be good, but he's an idiot. And he's wrong about you."
That much, at least, he completely means. Gabriel's reluctant to pigeonhole even Lucifer as the 'bad guy', and if he doesn't deserve the title then Raphael certainly doesn't. Perhaps that's harder for the other angels to understand, especially Castiel, but in Gabriel's opinion that's no excuse.
"And - look, judge if you like, but yes you do. Even back home you could've. I mean-- there would've been consequences, but you could've done it. You wouldn't, I know, but... here? Well, what duties do you even have? There's no Heaven to run and there's no Apocalypse to deal with. We can't protect the others from whoever brought us here and so far we couldn't leave if we wanted to, so. Why not hole away? Speaking from experience, it's not so bad."
That's just Gabriel being selfish, though. There are things they could be doing, escape attempts they could be planning and if they tried, no doubt they could find something helpful to do. He'd rather be here, though - not just right here right now, sitting on his bed and joking with Raphael, but also here in Cape Kore. He's certainly better off here than he was at home, after all. He doesn't particularly want to leave - and he doesn't want his family to leave either, even if they do want to, and (though he doesn't like to think about it) even if they are under constant threat of experimentation and probably torture for as long as they're there.
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"His intentions may be good, but he's an idiot. And he's wrong about you."
That much, at least, he completely means. Gabriel's reluctant to pigeonhole even Lucifer as the 'bad guy', and if he doesn't deserve the title then Raphael certainly doesn't. Perhaps that's harder for the other angels to understand, especially Castiel, but in Gabriel's opinion that's no excuse.
"And - look, judge if you like, but yes you do. Even back home you could've. I mean-- there would've been consequences, but you could've done it. You wouldn't, I know, but... here? Well, what duties do you even have? There's no Heaven to run and there's no Apocalypse to deal with. We can't protect the others from whoever brought us here and so far we couldn't leave if we wanted to, so. Why not hole away? Speaking from experience, it's not so bad."
That's just Gabriel being selfish, though. There are things they could be doing, escape attempts they could be planning and if they tried, no doubt they could find something helpful to do. He'd rather be here, though - not just right here right now, sitting on his bed and joking with Raphael, but also here in Cape Kore. He's certainly better off here than he was at home, after all. He doesn't particularly want to leave - and he doesn't want his family to leave either, even if they do want to, and (though he doesn't like to think about it) even if they are under constant threat of experimentation and probably torture for as long as they're there.