trenchcoatedly | 026 + FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD OVERCOMES THE WORLD [video]

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026 + FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD OVERCOMES THE WORLD [video]

[For once, Castiel is actually in his room. He's sitting on the bed. The wall behind him is scrawled with sigils (not counting the gentleman in the suit). He takes a deep breath, steadying himself.]]

It is my great honor to announce that Richie Gecko has graduated. He's returned to Mexico and will be waiting for his brother there.

I, too, will be departing soon. I owe my vessel his freedom, as I promised, and my friends in my universe may need my help. I can't say when I'll be departing, but it will be soon. Afterwards, I will no longer possess a physical form. If you need help or aid, you can call for me, however, and I will help you as much as I can. It make take me a few moments to locate you in the multiverse, but I will come.

I should be in the greenhouse if anyone would like to resolve any old conflicts with me.

[LOCKED to ANYA]
Is it too late to apologize for my conduct?

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[Castiel listens quietly, but there's at least the look in his face that he's listening intentionally, processing and considering every word. He waits until he's sure Wanda is done to respond.]

I don't think there's anything wrong with you, though I know you might disagree. Everyone is imperfect, even angels. We all have flaws and egos and poorly-made decisions and consequences we have to live with. That doesn't make you broken or sick, it just makes you a creature capable of independent thought. Nobody can fix that sometimes you'll choose wrong. Everyone chooses wrong.

I care about you, and I want to help you, but to the best of my knowledge, you don't need help. You're powerful and thoughtful and moral; you care about people and want to help them. You have scars from your own decisions and the decisions of others. So do I. All I can do is resolve to make better decisions in the future. That's what you need to do, too.

There's nothing more important than independence. You can change everything. You can improve yourself and those around you. You're powerful enough - and I don't mean your powers, I mean you have a force of self, a force of personality. You're a warrior. You don't wilt. Only you can fix yourself.

I...still...wish that someone had rescued me when I was little. I'm not sure there's anything to do with that pain besides wait it out. But love and support are not essential to survival. I can live without them. Hell, if it wasn't for the dog I wouldn't even know what being loved feels like. And I'm still in one piece despite my "father" and Apocalypse and the fucking Admiral's best efforts.

I've already figured out what I need to do to avoid so many bad decisions. Besides controlling my emotions, I can't give up control to anyone else. I can't be the means for Mystique's revenge, or Magneto's world conquest, or the glory-hounding of jackasses like Stark. I have to go it alone.

[Fozzie very solemnly brings Wanda a leaf.]

We will always be marked by the scars of our mistakes, and the mistakes of those around us. We can be drowned by those mistakes, or we can triumph above them. It's so much easier to drown, though.

[He studies the Fozzie-brought leaf for a few moments, eyes flickering to the plant where it was taken from. Both the plant and the leaf look healthy, so he makes no objections.]

You should never let anyone control you. You are your own weapon, and no one else's.

If it was just a matter of my mistakes that would be one thing. Instead it's other people's betrayal of my trust, both on and off the Barge. I won't be trusting anyone again any time soon thanks to them.

[Castiel sighs. He reaches down to scratch Fozzie behind the ears.]

I think the trials you've overcome have made you stronger. But just as well, I can understand why you wouldn't want to go through those trials again. I wouldn't wish to relive the experiences that made me who I am, either.

[He sits back up again.]

I'll miss you, when I return.

[She opens her mouth to contradict him, because there were a million other ways she could have become a stronger, better person without breaking her heart and her trust in people in the process. But he believes in the Barge and the Admiral, and she already knows almost none of these Wardens can be argued out of that.]

I didn't deserve to suffer like this. I was never that bad a person to begin with. But...you go on thinking what you're gonna think.

Yeah, I'll miss you too. I just wish we had met anywhere else.

[He quirks his shoulders in what might be a shrug.]

I'll be watching over you. If you ever need help, always feel free to call for me.

[She gives him a smile.]

Ok, dude, but you have to promise to contact me if you need me anywhere. The thing that seems to help me the most is a worthy cause.

I promise.

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