[Sam was taxing his patience, being obstinate like this, but as he explained, several details jumped out at the archangel.]
We?
[That was a possibility that hadn't occurred to Lucifer at all. Michael didn't care about Sam, he'd made that clear; Sam was a means to an end, little more than a way to draw Lucifer out, but Michael had been livid. He'd been trying to prevent Sam from suffering that but he'd apparently failed.
But wait.
Strictly speaking, Lucifer wasn't capable of sympathy, it required a level of emotional understanding, an ability to connect that Lucifer wasn't interested in cultivating. Well, more accurately, a level he wasn't generally interested in. Unfortunately, it was a level of connectivity he'd striven to inspire in Sam and, once again, his peaceful attempts to win over the Winchester had backfired.
They were alike, he and Sam, and being slaughtered by Michael meant as little to Sam as being slaughtered by Dean meant to Lucifer. Sam had already learned to fear his brother, before Michael. Dean had shot him, had killed him, and that knowledge would always exist in Sam. For the first time, Lucifer was absolutely certain that Sam understood.]
You died and came back, after your brother killed you, and after mine.... And while I was dead you turned into something? It seems I missed quite a lot in a short time.
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We?
[That was a possibility that hadn't occurred to Lucifer at all. Michael didn't care about Sam, he'd made that clear; Sam was a means to an end, little more than a way to draw Lucifer out, but Michael had been livid. He'd been trying to prevent Sam from suffering that but he'd apparently failed.
But wait.
Strictly speaking, Lucifer wasn't capable of sympathy, it required a level of emotional understanding, an ability to connect that Lucifer wasn't interested in cultivating. Well, more accurately, a level he wasn't generally interested in. Unfortunately, it was a level of connectivity he'd striven to inspire in Sam and, once again, his peaceful attempts to win over the Winchester had backfired.
They were alike, he and Sam, and being slaughtered by Michael meant as little to Sam as being slaughtered by Dean meant to Lucifer. Sam had already learned to fear his brother, before Michael. Dean had shot him, had killed him, and that knowledge would always exist in Sam. For the first time, Lucifer was absolutely certain that Sam understood.]
You died and came back, after your brother killed you, and after mine.... And while I was dead you turned into something? It seems I missed quite a lot in a short time.