Graces Of Nephilim
Hannah was determined to have implemented her proposal regarding the graces of Nephilim. The Fiery One wanted new Nephilim to be conceived in artificial wombs, only to turn them into ordinary humans by removing their graces, then deliver the downgraded beings to willing adoptive parents. The removed graces could then be utilized more strategically by the Commonwealth of Heaven.
"Storks or no storks," she declared, "we will extract their graces during their artificial gestation. We can then utilize those graces for our own purposes."
"I don't suppose our republican brethren would be interested in these, would they?" asked Zachariah, "I mean, these graces might still be perceived as abominations by at least most of them."
The former feminine leader of Heaven shook her head in response.
"And what about their durability, Hannah?" Castiel popped the question, "Remember when none other than Metatron here reminded us about the long-term consequences of using within one's essence the grace of another angel?"
"Quite," responded his former second-in-command, "but during that moment, you were still without your grace, which was required to mitigate those consequences. Without one's grace, the angelic user of a second angelic grace and that grace itself will, eventually, fade out. With one's grace, however, that user won't fade out. Besides, the graces of Nephilim are not exactly the same as angelic graces."
"That much is true," conceded Metatron, "A single Naphil's grace is roughly one-and-a-half times more powerful than that of its progenitor and, much more importantly, is durable for permanent use by more than one compatible user. Don't go overboard, though, for a progenitor can handle only one Naphil grace."
"For each angel ranked amongst the Supernal Men, Cherubim, Children of the Strong Ones, and Strong Ones, who were not considered for any heavenly upgrade by God, being two-and-a-half times stronger on a permanent basis, thanks to the Naphil grace of one's progeny, could make the difference between success in a more challenging mission and reproductive replacement by other angels," Hannah only began to explain the benefits.
With those words, the innovative Fiery One caught her heavenly audience by surprise. Up until this point, all the heavenly upgrades discussed had been meant for higher-ranked angels. Now, at least some within the grand council pondered the possibility of an augmented Cherub of the first class prevailing against a regular demon.
Author's Note: The reference to augmented Cherubs of the first class is meant to make the Cherubim more powerful than described within the angelic hierarchy of Maimonides, and as powerful as described within other Jewish angelic hierarchies, though not as powerful as described within Christian angelic hierarchies.