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[angeloffriyay]

"You've reached Anael. Sadly, I'm not able to pick up the phone right now,
but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
If you want to meet in person, please join me for 'Pray with Sister Jo'.
I'm looking forward to seeing you there." [BEEEEEP]

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[angeloffriyay]

I am not saying that. I am just suggesting that his kindness wouldn't allow for a feeling like that to persist.

What is your theory?

[depressant]

Why, because I'm so lovable?

I dunno. I don't really have one. But for my money, they aren't trying to make us suffer. They just don't care. The same as Dad, right?

[angeloffriyay]

Because it is hard to see someone you care about suffer.

And I know you mean it as a jest but you could be lovable. You still are despite trying hard not to be, apparently.

That's also an option. I honestly don't know.

[depressant]

Uh huh.

Who's saying that? Like Hell anybody here loves me.

[angeloffriyay]

You'd think I'd put up with you if I didn't?

[depressant]

Oh, come on. I haven't seen you in person since I got here. You barely know me.

[angeloffriyay]

I didn't even know you were back but that's on me now? Sure.

[depressant]

That's not what I meant. Since the first time I showed up.

[angeloffriyay]

What did I do or say to give you that impression?

[depressant]

What d'you mean? We spoke once, and that was it.

[angeloffriyay]

So, I can't care about you for that reason. Well, if you say that, then it must be true.

[depressant]

I didn't say you can't care about me. I care about you too. But you implied that you love me.

And look, I'm not gonna give you shit for not being interested in my life. God knows I'm not. But how can you love someone you don't know?

[angeloffriyay]

You are my brother, Castiel. Of course, I love you.

But it's good to know that you think I have no interest in you. You too could have reached out again, but I guess it's convenient to forget that.

Both Castiel and I missed you when you disappeared but I guess that too doesn't count. Maybe he knows you, so maybe for him it does count. You would know since I obviously can't.

[depressant]

The way you talked, I figured you didn't want anything to do with me. Sorry.

Of course he knows me. We're the same person.

[angeloffriyay]

Maybe we should agree to leave that behind us. Unless you want to keep bringing it up, which is your prerogative.

I am not going to debate you on that.

[depressant]

I'm just explaining myself.

Good.

Anael, I'm just not the same kind of angel as you are. I don't love my siblings. Not really. I loved them like I loved God, but that's not real. It's like worship, maybe. Or a soldier's brother in arms. Battlefield camaraderie, whatever you wanna call it. Of course I feel loyalty to them— And you. But that's not the same.

If it was, they wouldn't have left me there on Earth to rot.

[angeloffriyay]

The same kind of angel? What does that mean? What kind of an angel is that?

I haven't loved God in a long time if I ever did ...

I still wonder ... what your Anael was like. Did she leave when I did? Did she stay loyal to Heaven? Did she die at some point?

I like to think that I wouldn't have abandoned you but ... I don't know.

[depressant]

Well, either you did, or you died, because I never met you. But there's no way to know, and I can't fault you for something you didn't do.

If you wanna be friends, we can be friends. I'm easy that way. And if you don't, well, I'm easy that way too.