"I meant like this." He wasn't trying to drag up painful feelings. But he also couldn't be sure Gabriel understood what he meant.

And when it comes down to it - Raphael hasn't been in a vessel enough time to really get the idea how things felt in one - part of why he kept so covered up was because then he could ignore other sensations, and he had gotten ill a few times as a cupid, because he hadn't felt things like hunger or need for sleep before.