At least it's not a sell that he has to make. Gabriel can spring her from Heaven and let the three of them sort it out on their own. There had been an undeniable sense of completion, of home, the first time he and Sam had welcomed Jessica into his villa in Rome. Sooner or later, Dean would get it through his almost impossibly thick skull.

"Hindsight's twenty twenty, I get that. But it's time that he finally gets the backup he needs. I've watched Dean Winchester try and carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. Sometimes literally. He needs her to help him make sense of things."

Another soul to rescue from Heaven. No rest for the semi-wicked, right?

But now it's time for a question just for Gabriel. "He's still out there, isn't He?"