Worse and worse summed it up well - he was tired, and the more tired he became, the more he seemed to trip. It didn't dawn on him that dehydration and low blood sugar were the cause of the brain fog and headache, or even that they were related, though under normal circumstances, he would have known that.
"And you say we're terrible at being comforting." It's more groused than an actual complaint - he feels terrible, but he didn't need it pointed out. "What? I have one-" He shifted the flashlight around, he'd been holding it in his left hand, to tug the somewhat crunched full bottle of water from his pocket. It would have been easier without the flashlight tucked under his arm, but he's very reluctant to carry anything in his right hand - not too surprising, perhaps, as it's the side his sword is hanging on. "-see?"
It takes him a second to realize Chuck means he should drink it, and a further second to get it open without dropping the flashlight. It would be easy to think Raphael was afraid to be in the dark - that's not completely wrong, either, even if he's trying to cover it up. The water is warm, body temperature, but once he actually starts to drink it, he keeps drinking it, almost draining the bottle in one go, and panting as he finally pulled it away.
If he knew that Chuck thought this might teach Raphael something...he'd probably laugh. Chuck wasn't wrong about gaining something, but Raphael didn't hate humans, not really. He was deeply, profoundly disappointed in them, and from this pitied them. Oh some of his protective instincts, the fierce, devoted, occasionally terrifying mother-henning he'd learned from Lucifer and generally only showed a few most beloved brothers, had pricked and poked and prodded at, extended to the entirely of the present host, towards Chuck, towards the children here and it would be a very grave mistake to any to think of raising a hand to them in the near future, but...
...and there was always a but...
those responsible for this? Had best hope Michael finds them before Raphael ever does. Because while he was driven to protect, Raphael also had a vicious temper - and he saw in this cruel abuse of the fragile nature of humanity. More proof that paradise in any form was better than letting humans continue to run amok.
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"And you say we're terrible at being comforting." It's more groused than an actual complaint - he feels terrible, but he didn't need it pointed out. "What? I have one-" He shifted the flashlight around, he'd been holding it in his left hand, to tug the somewhat crunched full bottle of water from his pocket. It would have been easier without the flashlight tucked under his arm, but he's very reluctant to carry anything in his right hand - not too surprising, perhaps, as it's the side his sword is hanging on. "-see?"
It takes him a second to realize Chuck means he should drink it, and a further second to get it open without dropping the flashlight. It would be easy to think Raphael was afraid to be in the dark - that's not completely wrong, either, even if he's trying to cover it up. The water is warm, body temperature, but once he actually starts to drink it, he keeps drinking it, almost draining the bottle in one go, and panting as he finally pulled it away.
If he knew that Chuck thought this might teach Raphael something...he'd probably laugh. Chuck wasn't wrong about gaining something, but Raphael didn't hate humans, not really. He was deeply, profoundly disappointed in them, and from this pitied them. Oh some of his protective instincts, the fierce, devoted, occasionally terrifying mother-henning he'd learned from Lucifer and generally only showed a few most beloved brothers, had pricked and poked and prodded at, extended to the entirely of the present host, towards Chuck, towards the children here and it would be a very grave mistake to any to think of raising a hand to them in the near future, but...
...and there was always a but...
those responsible for this? Had best hope Michael finds them before Raphael ever does. Because while he was driven to protect, Raphael also had a vicious temper - and he saw in this cruel abuse of the fragile nature of humanity. More proof that paradise in any form was better than letting humans continue to run amok.