While this solution was acceptable for the current predicament, Amalasuntha's awareness of far-reaching consequences had told her that it would not remain acceptable in the long run. Still, she did not reject it out of hand.
"I see many ends to this," she'd said to the pantheon, "but two in particular stand distinct. First, the society of your people would become stagnant in various ways. The uncertainties of birth would not guarantee that each disembodied soul would find a ready vessel; and should they manage rebirth once, twice, a dozen times, what greater purpose would it serve?
“It is also the case that each new spark of life in the womb begins forming its own consciousness after its heart begins beating. There is only a small window of time before then that a soul slated for rebirt
