Crowley also recalled being human but some how he felt much less of a connection to the word. Demon just suited him better. Maybe it always had... Maybe some where in that revelation was the reason why he had Fallen in the first place.

But lost in quiet contemplation he said nothing for a few minutes, letting those lights hover around the room and his own dredged up fears about losing those he cared the most about... which had been so graphically placed on display for him, settle into a coherent thought.

"Its worse than being a pet... You are family."

His head tilted meaningfully to one side so his shaded eyes could bore their unblinking stare into Alec's.

"Who says family has to actually be related anyway? Or..."

A sniff.

"The same species. People don't have any trouble calling their cats family. They adopt children, even parents some times, from other people's families... Why can't an angel and a demon and a human adopt each other?"