[ He's right. Even if the family themselves had deserved a sentence equal their their actions, those surrounding them most certainly had not. But the sense of right hardly matters now, not when the action has been done and the dead will never rise again. ]

I don't suppose there was any way to communicate with the gods regarding their decision?

[ Dryly, because he isn't much of a religious man, firm in his belief that the gods were always watching and listening. Sobering, he dips his head towards the gravestone once more. ]

I am sorry though, that you lost him so early on. He must have been a good man.