Having Gabriel follow him when he tried to retreat wasn't comforting, so he was left tense and defensive as he stood there with his brother whose very presence made no sense anymore.

"I remember disarray in Heaven after the Winchesters stopped the Apocalypse and Raphael deciding he was going to take over and restart everything we worked so hard to stop." It really wasn't a lie so it came out sounding truthful, even though there had been... a little bit more that happened between then and waking up here. "I also remember coughing blood onto the ground after I told him not to. Now I'm here."