[ castiel raises his glass of wine to study the glass itself, and then turns his head to peer at harold's. then he turns his attention to the room around him, taking in the decor once more, but trying — with all the context he already has — to categorize and understand the new context that harold is implying. it's difficult because he has no experience with the modern sensibilities of wealth. though there may be some basic concepts he understands quite well, such as the human need to flaunt it. it would be beyond him to say that this is a tasteful flaunting, though he can say for sure that it's not to the same extreme as the pyramids built in the kushite empire, or the towering ancient roman temples.
it's an even more difficult concept to grasp than emotion. that, at least, is something he has some scant experience with. ]
I understand. Through association, the experience produces a psychological response, and gains meaning.
[ it's an affirmation: this is what he's learning. the problem he keeps running into is not knowing the associations. the trappings of modern society are a language he doesn't know the words to. even the culture around food and drink have changed considerably over the ages. ]
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it's an even more difficult concept to grasp than emotion. that, at least, is something he has some scant experience with. ]
I understand. Through association, the experience produces a psychological response, and gains meaning.
[ it's an affirmation: this is what he's learning. the problem he keeps running into is not knowing the associations. the trappings of modern society are a language he doesn't know the words to. even the culture around food and drink have changed considerably over the ages. ]
Such as the Eucharist.