He exhaled slowly and then put on a wan smile.

"I wouldn't say I healed them... I granted their soul peace. Gracefeel-- well, whichever god is out there, allowing me to use Her power - should show them the way onwards."

Which meant the body there was now simply an empty corpse. William turned to the next spectre, already striding towards them to offer the same benediction.

"Whoever or whatever is causing them to act beyond death now cannot trouble them."