[Just like that, she's gone. The pain she inflicted on him was pushed away, to that drawer in his mind where all things are messily shoved into when it's a matter of life and death.

Now that Cas mentions it, he feels it again, but not for long.

Being healed is like nothing he's ever felt before, and his finger tips trace the skin that had been torn only moments ago with disbelief. He looks back down at the angel.]

Amazing. Thank you. [His breathing turns easier, his sight clearing, his brain racing to put some order in his thoughts. He runs a shaking hand through his hair.] I'm, I'm not really sure I was just...walking and she came out of nowhere. Picking a fight, and...it's like nothing I've ever faced before. I didn't stand a chance without you -

[The look he gives Cas is that of one who saw his life ending, only seconds before. He still can't quite believe he's standing here.] Lucky you were around.