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Not all vessels are as suitable or durable as others. When unable to secure [[Sam Winchester]] as his vessel after his release, [[Lucifer]] is able to use a a man named [[Nick]] as a substitute, but Nick's body is clearly shown to be decaying as time goes on, requiring him to consume gallons of demon blood to sustain him. After the angels are expelled from [[Heaven]] by [[Metatron]] and fall to Earth, some angels become so desperate for vessels that they take the first available option as hosts, some of which resulted in the host exploding upon possession.<ref name="nine03">[[9.03 I'm No Angel]]</ref> The angel [[Hael]] was so desperate to find a suitable vessel that her first host began to decay while she was still inside it, Hael later attempting to force Castiel to consent to possession after the loss of his [[grace]] and subsequent humanity made him a possible vessel.<ref name="nine01" />
Sex appears to be irrelevant for angels as [[Castiel]], [[Hannah]] and [[Raphael]] have all used both male and female vessels. While angels do refer to each other with gendered terms such as "brother" and "sister" when interacting in vessels, it is unclear if angels have any concept of gender as humans would understand it in their natural state, and what influences their choice of vessel.Though the [[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] briefly uses a female vessel, Michael is referred to exclusively as "he" even after the nature of his vessel is discovered.<ref name="fourteen09" />
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