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That... wouldn't be a problem.

[ He says, and his voice softens when he does. Only to stay softer, but calm, otherwise unmoved, as he continues: ]

... Do whatever you believe most appropriate. The handling after will depend on what the customs are for the people here.

[ One more avenue to investigate; a necessary, sad, uncomfortable one. There's enough mourning that's gone without word even now: the changlings and human servants weren't even granted this. ]

I won't be callous, I'll put them in a nice pile outside near the forest. People can collect what they can, and the rest can dig their grave.

Or we can dig graves or light pyres as is required according to their rituals. They've been killed through no fault of their own, we needn't put them to work digging their own resting places.

It makes it easier though.

Does easier equate to better?

It equates to less time, which is better when dealing with such a situation.

Is it better to spend days with one or two people digging for hours at a time each?

One does begin to question how much of the population you suspect perished...

Wei Wuxian, hold off on your plans for how the dead shall be handled until the citizens it concerns have been consulted. You can agree to that much, can't you?

[ Not that the dead burying themselves doesn't sound efficient, but if he has to fucking imagine his own body doing that, he can't! He can't take it! Could anyone? Efficiency isn't a good enough reason! ]

[He was just so jaded when it came to the dead now, and clearing them out.]

Since I don't know how high the population was to begin with, it's hard to say the potential amount. The number might be quite low.

Of course. I'm not an unreasonable man.

[ That's just ridiculous! What isn't unreasonable about your best answer being "I'll leave them in a pile, that's fine"?! ]

Then might I ask you to begin by asking those questions of survivors not otherwise occupied with a reasonable sense of respect?

[Which is exactly why he thought having them go dig their graves was better than leaving them in a pile!]

I know! Why don't you find out what the people would like, and then get back to me.