#raphael and his angels have done everything to keep them alive

[cherubchoirs]

How does fallen Gabriel eat..? What sorts of things does he have to consume now in order to survive? Or is it just for luxury?

i do think of angels in general as having to consume something to survive, and i did always think of it in terms of the fruits of heaven's garden/the bread given by god...because of the lore implicated by the tree of life in ultrakill, however, this made me think of the idea that what they were consuming was, in a sense, much like the flesh and blood represented by bread and wine. it is freely given as a blessing to them and so taken in great joy in the form of ambrosial fruits, pieces of god that he uses to sustain all the angels. but now as a fallen angel, i think gabriel must be confronted with actually devouring to survive, taking blood and meat in a raw, visceral form from the demons he kills with v1 - no longer given, no longer a blessing, but practical, survival based predatory consumption. it's basically a little play on the fall of man, how in the garden everything is free to take with a little work of caring for it, but once sin is introduced it is now sweat, blood, and toil to continue to survive. it took him some time to accept that and he always ate quite privately (a custom, from heaven, that he maintained even during his crueler period as a fallen angel), but i think gabriel does become increasingly practical during his time in hell to be at peace with his needs as they are. v1 is, once again, a tremendous help considering its own diet...though it may be another reason they go looking for that tree of life.