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The mark is taking it's effects on Dean Winchester....

And I warned him that the mark carried a terrible burden. He wasn't exactly inclined to listen.

[There is sort of a defeated sigh when Cas slumps his shoulders, frowning.]

No, he wouldn't be. Dean does not enjoy thinking things through. He takes action on impulse and that does tend to have less then desirable consequences.

He can bear it. Dean is impulsive, but he's also brave. I wouldn't have passed the mark on to anyone.

I've yet to meet anyone braver yet I worry for what those long term effects may be. If the mark does ever lasting damage to his morality then he will become those monsters he hunts.

No, he will become far worse. But like I did, he has a choice. To become a monster or remove himself from the board entirely.

May I ask what changed you?

[Absently he fiddles with his ring.] Her name was Collette.

She changed everything, changed me.

[Ah. One of those situations. Castiel had to think. Perhaps if Lisa Braden were brought back in to Deans life....]

She has a lovely name. I am sure she was a wonderful person.

Few creatures could both love and forgive the very father of murder.

But she did. She saved me. Tell me, is they're someone who can save Dean from the mark?

Is it Crowley being a typical dick or is it this tattoo you gave me? [ Dean doesn't see the connection between the men he killed in the Thinman hoax and the mark. ]

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Crowley has nothing to do with what happened to you. I told you that the mark came at great cost, Dean. Remember?

Those two were asking for what happened; I don't think they felt any bit of sympathy towards the people they murdered. [ Dean pushes his sleeve up to where the Mark of Cain has been branded into his flesh. He's not sure how he feels; he sure as hell wouldn't have killed humans in cold blood before.

He furrows his brow to find logic in it all, the two social rejects surly didn't seem to care about the people they murdered. He felt cold to everything that night; he became everything Cain warned him about. ] But yeah, you warned me about it turnin' me into a killer.

[Patiently Cain shakes his head.] You're a hunter Dean. The mark doesn't make you a killer - you've always been a killer.

The mark is going to burn away your conscience. For centuries Collette has been mine.

Tell me. Who will be yours when this is over?

She was rare indeed. I am sorry you lost such a caring person.

[Castiel purses his lips in to a thin line, thinking it over.]

The person he holds most dear is his brother, Sam. The two of them are in dire times, however. There were two women that Dean Winchester loved. Lisa and Cassie. Lisa no longer knows who Dean is... And I am not certain of Cassie.

I will not let him go to hell.

Then start with the brother. [The most he can do is acknowledge the angel's condolences with a nod. Time has lessened the grief, dulled it into something less sharp, but it has done nothing to ease the ache of loneliness.] Thank you.

If everything Dean has done you say is for his brother, start with him.

I shall. The two have been at odds as of late but..

I am certain they shall work past it. As always.

More than at odds I'd bet. You may want to do more than simply hope for the best if you want to keep Dean as you know him, angel.

I will converse with both the boys. I am certain that if Sam were aware of the dire straits of this situation he will be more proactive.

If his brother won't work, then I suggest you find someone else who can keep Dean grounded.

((ooc: if you're interested, I do have a Sammy if Cas would like to badger him about it))

That... may prove to be more difficult. Most of their friends and family are deceased.

[ooc: Sure! That sounds like fun.]

That doesn't surprise me. Most hunters don't exactly have an extensive network of relatives. So find the brother. Dean needs the mark to kill Abbadon and I doubt you'll be able to convince him to give it up before then.

[ This much is obvious, Dean knows this, but Sam is right in those two weren't the monsters they didn't deal with. They were human, and Dean doesn't feel the least bit guilty for it.

He lowers his sleeve, and he gives it some thought. The obvious answer should be Sam, but Dean finds someone else he feels horrible for all thanks to his actions. ] Kevin. The dude didn't sign up to be a prophet, but he did it anyway and paid the price for it. And it is all because of me. But, I don't feel the same way about those two basement dwelling dickwads even if they weren’t the standard vamp or angry spirit.

[And that should be his first clue that something is wrong. Cain shakes his head slowly.] He wasn't close enough to keep you from struggling with the blade. Someone else talked you down Dean. You need someone far closer to you than the young prophet.

Sam. [ It didn't take much thought, and Sam is the one who tried talking him down that night. ] There's my anchor. [ There is nobody any closer to Dean besides Castiel, and there never will be. ]

[Finally. Cain was wondering how long it was going to take for him to figure it out.] So whatever is wrong between you and your brother? Settle it. He's the only thing that will keep you from becoming a demon yourself.