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[rocksalting.livejournal.com]

Claire...

[the sound of him clearing his throat, but he still sounds like crap, like he's been beating himself up over this --]

Claire, I'm sorry. This is my fault. I should've looked harder, should've stopped him sooner. I should've warned everybody. I was just...

[silence]

Are you okay? And I don't mean physically, so don't give me that.

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Dean

[overninelives.livejournal.com]

[written]

I don't know. I'm confused. But it'd be stupid to just forget [illegibly marked out]

Was it just the castle?

Claire

[rocksalting.livejournal.com]

Of course it was. [and... he's trying to sound as sure as possible about that]

Dean

[overninelives.livejournal.com]

People want him to be punished.

Claire

[rocksalting.livejournal.com]

I know. And as long as I can help it, he won't be. Hating himself for this is gonna be bad enough.

[pause]

... You get it, right? I mean, you've been here long enough, even after everything he did to you...

Dean

[overninelives.livejournal.com]

It wasn't his fault. That wasn't Sam. That was the castle.

[a pause from this end, before she writes again]

I don't blame you guys.