[ cas knows full well what he's asking of dean here, knows it's got to be difficult to discuss, and honestly, dean's demeanor and reaction are really all he needs to really see to get his answer.
they failed. there's no other possibility. if, against all odds, dean had managed to kill lucifer he wouldn't be nearly so reluctant to discuss it, it wouldn't take all of his strength to summon up the gall to actually have this conversation. but that isn't good enough, and sure, dean doesn't want to talk about it, but well, cas needs to hear it. he's got to know what it is that they've left behind. ]
All of it, Dean.
[ he can't help the roughness to his tone, the cool stoniness that's unlike what he has become, because he doesn't want to pussyfoot around here, doesn't want to give dean the opportunity to talk around the subject. hard as it is, he's got to be direct. ]
What you remember last, everything that passed after I..
no subject
they failed. there's no other possibility. if, against all odds, dean had managed to kill lucifer he wouldn't be nearly so reluctant to discuss it, it wouldn't take all of his strength to summon up the gall to actually have this conversation. but that isn't good enough, and sure, dean doesn't want to talk about it, but well, cas needs to hear it. he's got to know what it is that they've left behind. ]
All of it, Dean.
[ he can't help the roughness to his tone, the cool stoniness that's unlike what he has become, because he doesn't want to pussyfoot around here, doesn't want to give dean the opportunity to talk around the subject. hard as it is, he's got to be direct. ]
What you remember last, everything that passed after I..
[ .. vague gesture. ]