"I don't think you quite get him," he says, but then Balthazar doesn't get Raphael either sometimes, and now isn't the time to philosophize. He rolls his eyes at Dean's implied complaint.

"I suppose not. I think it might be wise to check the coast. I don't think that was an ordinary quake, but I'd like to be sure the sea isn't about to rise up and flood us in response to the seismic activity."