The cautioning only results in a bristling glare at the fact she dares look down upon him. It's been years since he's had to establish that he deserves respect for his talents despite his age.
"I'm not a boy, old woman, and if you want to keep a conversation polite you won't call me that again. And if you don't want your family insulted, keep then in rein."
He'd been avoiding thinking about the angels or interacting with them. They weren't the only thing in this situation making him helpless by a long shot, but their immediacy and power angers him with how little he can fight against it.
"So we're supposed to kowtow when they decide they want to have their own way?" He mutters. The fact that he would have to Castiel, if he'd not been in front of an audience and it he not had Balthazar's tentative support, is galling for his pride. "You wouldn't see Jeture trapped somewhere like this."
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"I'm not a boy, old woman, and if you want to keep a conversation polite you won't call me that again. And if you don't want your family insulted, keep then in rein."
He'd been avoiding thinking about the angels or interacting with them. They weren't the only thing in this situation making him helpless by a long shot, but their immediacy and power angers him with how little he can fight against it.
"So we're supposed to kowtow when they decide they want to have their own way?" He mutters. The fact that he would have to Castiel, if he'd not been in front of an audience and it he not had Balthazar's tentative support, is galling for his pride. "You wouldn't see Jeture trapped somewhere like this."