"If someone is already dead, is it possible for them to be resurrected?" Xi clutched his chest, lying dejectedly on a reef. His usually graceful and fluid voice had become slow and hesitant.
Ten years ago, he had asked the High Priest the same question. The High Priest had shaken his head and said sternly, "Once the body dies, how can one be resurrected?"
"Once a Beastman's body dies, her soul will dissipate along with it, eventually returning to the Beast God's side. Unless…" The High Priest's voice carried a hint of age and distance. "Unless that person didn't truly die—if someone forcibly saved them on the brink of death, only then is resurrection possible."
"...Is that so."
Xi nodded and said no more.
After bidding farewell to the High Priest, he went alone to the Deep Sea Abyss, drifting there by himself for a long, long time.
