You mean instead of well meaning platitudes about them being in a better place?
[Sabriel had heard such things being said, on occasion. Even before she studied necromancy, she'd been able to feel things die, and explanations that animals were 'just sleeping' had been brushed aside.]
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[Sabriel had heard such things being said, on occasion. Even before she studied necromancy, she'd been able to feel things die, and explanations that animals were 'just sleeping' had been brushed aside.]