Death - Can't fully bring back

Death rocked back on his heels, numb in body and soul, save for a caustic squirming beginning to build in his viscera. Call back his brother’s soul? To what end? Not even his greatest necromancies could restore true life to the departed. He could summon War’s spirit, grant his body temporary animation long enough to talk, but nothing more. Apologize, perhaps? What good might it do now? It seemed unnecessarily cruel—to both of them.

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Chapter 26