Merlin sighed. "Reviving the dead is an extremely difficult and nasty business. It is possible, however, the Council of wizards(on which I sit, along with other great wizards) has forbidden reviving the dead except in grave circumstances. First off young lion, all mortal creatures have a time to die. some die very youing, others live a full life. Some who deserve to die live, some who don't deserve to die, do. You are not the first to ask me to do this Damon, and I will tell you what I have told the others. To bring someone back from the dead involves meddling with great forces and requires great magical powers to pull off, it is not an undertaking that is pursued lightly, nor often is it done with good intention. Most often the soul that the person wishes to revive is a loved one, such as a mate, or a father or mother. I can revive the dead, Damon, but i will not revive the lion, or lions you want to brinfg back. You must accept that they are gone..
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Bringing back the dead raises too many questions ' Vitani said. For one she did not want to have her mother Zira, revived. "Besides, don't the dead have to want to come back, for that kind of stuff to work?"
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No, the dead can be forced back to life' Merlin replied.