[He allows the hand on his back, and not being surprised allows him a chance to take it as the comfort it's meant even though he dislikes being touched even more now. He's silent while Michael speaks, taking some amount of solace from the words as well, though he speaks again quietly.]
I thought this would work.
[A pause, as he still doesn't lift his head, voice just a murmur.]
He was lying to me.
[And that's really the worst thing, in a way. Sam had betrayed him, and he can't even truly be angry at Sam, because he knows that creature isn't really his friend. And because this had all been Castiel's idea to begin with.]
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I thought this would work.
[A pause, as he still doesn't lift his head, voice just a murmur.]
He was lying to me.
[And that's really the worst thing, in a way. Sam had betrayed him, and he can't even truly be angry at Sam, because he knows that creature isn't really his friend. And because this had all been Castiel's idea to begin with.]