The young lady and Miss Cleric never did come to blows. Miss Cleric was simply too exhausted.
That was how Resurrection worked. There were plenty of real cases of people "bouncing back from the grave" in the Realms. Many had died several times and ultimately been resurrected each time. Aaron remembered playing Baldur's Gate in his previous life, for instance: those companions died all the time, yet they could always be brought back. He also vaguely remembered a duke in Baldur's Gate who had died and been successfully resurrected.
Resurrection had three essential requirements: "the subject's willingness," "the corpse's integrity, freshness, and health," and "the casting requirements."
Divine resurrection spells could only bring back someone who wanted to return. The corpse's integrity, freshness, and health were all manageable concerns. The casting requirements were actually the biggest headache.
There were many resurrection spells, and almost all consumed precious materials. Different spell levels allowed different lengths of time since death and degrees of bodily damage. The higher the spell's level, the fewer restrictions it imposed.
The materials required were correspondingly more expensive. Clerics who knew resurrection spells were already exceedingly rare, and the materials cost anywhere from hundreds to tens of thousands of gold coins. A legendary cleric would probably need several weeks, or even longer, to prepare a 9th-level divine resurrection spell.
Games simplified all of that enormously. It looked as though sleeping at an inn refreshed every arcane and divine spell.
Reality was nothing like that. In practice, preparing a high-level spell was a considerable ordeal for spellcasters.
On the journey back, Aaron sat in the carriage, discussing his new spell and their upcoming plans with Charlotte across from him. Eleanor slept soundly on the bed beside them. Miss Cleric truly had no energy left to interfere.
Besides, Charlotte was