She smiled, cocking her head at him. "Wait 'til you see what's waiting for you on the other side. It's a joke, it really is."

The City had been a tremendous disappointment, all told. So few people, and even fewer answers. She hoped that someone - Re-l, or maybe Chivy - would find out more than she had, but those hopes were dying, slowly and agonizingly.

"What sort of answers are you looking for?" she asked Castiel. "Keep in mind that I probably don't have answers to most of them. It's been a hard month for answers."