"Maybe...but I couldn't have known you wouldn't tell anyone else, and even if I can trust that you would help me, I coudn't trust that anyone else wouldn't have stopped  you. The fact of the matter is, I [i]had[/i] to get those thralls for Neesa. We can debate all day if some other choice [i]might[/i] have worked, but it was my health and well-being on the line if I failed to live up to my agreement. I decided not to take any chances with my life. Maybe you don't agree, but I'd hope you can at least understand why I did it when punishment from Neesa was the alternative." Ahnasha explained, gesturing in the direction of her hideout. 

Ahnasha brought one hand up to her shoulder and placed it on Fendros'. "And I didn't hurt any of our own doing it, living or dead. I promise that. I know there are all sorts of cultures here with different ideas for what is [i]necessary[/i] to do to the bodies of their dead to let their souls pass on and all that, but  I'm telling you right now, it's all just superstitious nonsense. Trust me, there's no one else in our clan that understands as much about the souls of the dead than me. If nothing else, you can believe that. Unless there is something to hold back the soul in this world, it will pass on just fine to the next no matter what rites you do or don't put the body through. I won't say the rites are pointless, but the common thread between most of them is that they make it harder for necromancers to do their work. That's most likely why those traditions were started, not because the souls need it. I hope that doesn't offend you, but it is true regardless. Sure, there are some necromantic techniques that can take advantage of a lingering connection between the body and soul to pull the soul back into this world, but I didn't do any of that. I just took some creatures' souls and bound them to some dead flesh and bones. All of the souls of every body I took are still perfectly fine in the Hunting Grounds."