With a list of crimes that long and presumably serious, Dean wonders that the punishment hadn't been worse, though not even he is brusque enough to say so.

Instead, he's quiet. Dean's been mindful of Kisuke's skills since he met him, wary certainly, but interested in their use. Perhaps it's overdue, but in knowing what Kisuke's faced and what he still chooses to do in spite of it, Dean feels a budding respect for the man himself, rather than simply what Kisuke can do.

"Better in the land of the living anyway," he finally grunts.