[Castiel might be surprised how simple Michael's motivations are at times. Still, he's not going to argue. One need look no further than Heaven's handling of the Apocalypse to see that honesty is not their family's chief virtue.
(But he, too, would look to Lucifer as the prime example of an angel with ulterior motives.)
The images flood into his mind in too-perfect detail and clarity—the cheeky bastard—but Castiel is right. There is very little Michael cannot bear. All the same, by the time the visions have passed he feels unclean, like a ripe fruit run through with fungal mycelia: unblemished on the surface while carrying rot within. Good thing he doesn't dream.
Michael takes his hand back and flexes his fingers, as if Castiel's touch has left behind a residue.]
Deeply unpleasant.
[Yet it still rates somewhere far below the misery of discovering their Father's true nature. Michael would gladly walk into that pit if he could trade a few weeks of madness to restore his creator to the flawless image of Him he'd held in his mind.]
And unfortunately, still no more familiar now that I've seen it myself. Solvunn's shrines aren't so bloody.
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(But he, too, would look to Lucifer as the prime example of an angel with ulterior motives.)
The images flood into his mind in too-perfect detail and clarity—the cheeky bastard—but Castiel is right. There is very little Michael cannot bear. All the same, by the time the visions have passed he feels unclean, like a ripe fruit run through with fungal mycelia: unblemished on the surface while carrying rot within. Good thing he doesn't dream.
Michael takes his hand back and flexes his fingers, as if Castiel's touch has left behind a residue.]
Deeply unpleasant.
[Yet it still rates somewhere far below the misery of discovering their Father's true nature. Michael would gladly walk into that pit if he could trade a few weeks of madness to restore his creator to the flawless image of Him he'd held in his mind.]
And unfortunately, still no more familiar now that I've seen it myself. Solvunn's shrines aren't so bloody.