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While [[demons]] can [[Possession|possess]] any human against their will, in order to manifest [[angel]]s must obtain the consent of the human before they can enter him or her. This consent can be coerced as demonstrated by [[Zachariah]]'s treatment of [[Dean Winchester]], with Dean's continued refusal to act as [[Michael]]'s vessel prompts Zachariah to torture him, [[Sam Winchester|Sam]], and their half-brother [[Adam Milligan]]. However, it would appear that the consent still requires the subject to say "yes" as themselves, as Zachariah always tried to force Dean to accept rather than simply changing his memories, a feat that he has been shown to be capable of, to make Dean willing to consent (demons were more willing to attack and threaten Sam, at one point trying to trick [[Gary Frankel]], who had temporarily switched bodies with Sam, into saying "yes" in Sam's place, but they may simply be relying on more limited knowledge of angels.
After consent is obtained, it appears that an angel may occupy a vessel for as long as necessary, though it can be forcibly removed. Having left a vessel, it would appear that the angel requires new consent from the vessel to resume using it as a host; [[Castiel]] had to use [[Claire Novak]] as a vessel when [[Jimmy Novak]] was not currently an option. This apparently only applies when the subject is mentally capable of doing so, as [[Raphael]] was able to re-use [[Donnie Finnerman]] after being banished from him despite Donnie being virtually catatonic and unlikely to give new consent to Raphael's use of his body.<ref name="five03" /> [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] was able to repossess Dean after having willingly left his body, revealing that he "left the door open a crack" in Dean's mind so that he could return at willwhich is possibly the same thing that Raphael did to Donnie.<ref name="fourteen09">[[14.09 The Spear]]</ref> Angels can apparently re-occupy a body that has been restored without its soul, as Castiel has confirmed that [[Jimmy Novak]] was killed and passed on to Heaven after he was killed by Michael and yet he has continued to operate in Jimmy's soulless body for several years since. [[Anna Milton]] had her human body regenerated as a soulless vessel for her to use, by calling in "old favors." These are the only examples of angels using soulless vessels.
===Vessel / Angel Interaction===
