“I don’t know what motivates Castiel, aside from Dean Winchester,” Robin admits with a soft shrug. “In that respect, I agree. Castiel is far more worrisome than Ishiah, and would be, even if I weren’t so close to Ishiah myself. I don’t understand Castiel well. But trying to understand him has never been a priority for me. He is a friend, I suppose, but ... I am fond of him for now, but that could change, as could anything,” he finishes.

“It’s true that those are some of the traits in him, and in anything else, that I find the least favorable. As far as monsters go, I’m not much of a monster At least, not these days. Humans are special. Not because I think they are special to the greater picture, or that there is anything inherently special about them. But to me. They’re more valuable than other things.”