I agree - but there's no legal basis for such a claim that I am aware of.
> Now of course, they
>would then have a claim against the person who killed their kin, for at
>least the value of the gifts to the healer.
I think that this is where the law is up for grabs. Yes they would likely argue that. But the opposing side could argue that they have no responsibility for the amount given, and that it was a gift not a cost or a hardship (even if it is all but mandatory by the unwritten rules of society and really was a genuine hardship).
-- -- "The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of immortality. More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala Guide to Taoism_ Paul K. --__--__-- End of Glorantha Digest
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