...Even bringing back the newly dead isn't possible by magical means, and true resurrection...
[Kaveh shakes his head.] Not even the gods can bring back those they've lost.
[He finds it unsettling, frankly, that death is so...accessible and fluid in Gale's world. What is the worth of a life, then, when the end is so easily cheated? Do people understand the gravity of their own mortality? But that's a morbid subject, and he's not going to get into it now.]
It's obvious he's in pain, regardless. [A pause.] Does he mention anything about her? Or himself? Flowers he loved...they won't serve his ritual, but they may be grounding.
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[Kaveh shakes his head.] Not even the gods can bring back those they've lost.
[He finds it unsettling, frankly, that death is so...accessible and fluid in Gale's world. What is the worth of a life, then, when the end is so easily cheated? Do people understand the gravity of their own mortality? But that's a morbid subject, and he's not going to get into it now.]
It's obvious he's in pain, regardless. [A pause.] Does he mention anything about her? Or himself? Flowers he loved...they won't serve his ritual, but they may be grounding.