There is also another reading: “full” as exculpation. If the angel falls and someone declares the vessel full, they might be saying, in effect, “We cannot take more blame.” It is a communal defense against endless guilt. That can be healthy—limits prevent burnout—but it can also be an abdication if used to avoid necessary reckoning. The phrase is ambiguous on purpose: it can comfort or corrode, depending on who says it and why.