In Season 10, Episode 3 Soul Survivor, when
Dean is cured, after having died and subsequently turned into a Knight of Hell
Shouldn't he die on the spot, since his body had previously been mortally wounded, to the point where he actually died?
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Sign up to join this communityIn Season 10, Episode 3 Soul Survivor, when
Dean is cured, after having died and subsequently turned into a Knight of Hell
Shouldn't he die on the spot, since his body had previously been mortally wounded, to the point where he actually died?
We've seen evidence that demons1 are able to repair some level of damage to their meatsuits:
When we see Abaddon in season 8's "Sacrifice", she doesn't have wounds around her wrists:
This, despite the Brothers having left off her hands when we last saw her (though she notably left the sutures around her neck in - maybe she liked the look?)
In the season 10 episode "Reichenbach", we see Dean cut his palm with the First Blade, and then heal it:
Although this is something we've never seen another demon do (most of them don't care a whit about their meat), it's not impossible that Dean, sentimentally attached to his own body, simply healed himself.
1 Or at least Knights of Hell, which is what Dean appears to become