A faint smile touched Anthony's lips as he saw that what he had attempted had worked flawlessly. The Anthony of the past would hardly have gone so far, for the man he once was had no reason to meddle with the natural order. Why, after all, should he have gone out of his way to bring the dead back to life?
Besides, once word spread that someone possessed the ability to call back souls from beyond, the fragile threads of daily life would inevitably be torn apart. Everyone, powerful, rich, old, young, would hunt him down, begging, demanding, even forcing him to return their loved ones. Such an ability would uproot the balance of the world itself.
