The Sentinels A long journey

Castiel would never going to be able to understand why Winchester had made the choices that he had. For Castiel standing next to the dark furred male only brought him more grief. He glanced back towards the packlands, frowning for a moment as he realized how exhausted Winchester was and struggled for what to do. He couldn't just turn him away and let him suffer. No matter how hard it was there was the part of him that would always be weak where Winchester was involved. 

Was he forgiven? No. And he wouldn't be. However he knew that while the move was fueled by perhaps good intentions, Winchester had truly believed in the cause. Castiel just couldn't see that. "There are healers here." He said, more quietly. "I cannot lie to them if you seek to join - they will know of our history, but I cannot explain your actions."