[The beauty of this situation is that no way in Hell or Earth or Heaven is Gabriel telling one of Michael's vessels, no matter how temporary, what his real dealings in the Apocalypse were. Because yikes, does he have some self-incriminating dirt. Michael would probably throttle him if he knew exactly how that Cage was going to open when he got back home.

Minimum.]

Make what you want of it, kid. I've been trying to get along with the family members who don't want to take me out back and thrash me. Castiel's one of those people.

[Obviously, Adam doesn't want to see this as a kindness. So he's not going to waste air trying to convince him.]