Question time! Because Toby trivia is fun.

What's the definition of death in Faerie?

Since fae bodies don't decay, it doesn't seem like it would work the same way as it does in the mortal world where, if someone's heart stops, you have a few minutes (and only a few minutes) to get it started again. No decay makes me think no brain cells decaying, which makes me think that, assuming the Night Haunts have yet to show, a fae heart could be restarted hours, days, or even years later, and the person would be alive again. (And this would be resuscitation rather than resurrection). Is that how it works? Or is there some other piece that comes into play to mark the point between living and dead?

The further we get into Toby's story, the more I've been wondering about this.

This is most certainly spoilers.

April is still trying to restore "whatever was taken out" from the bodies generated during "A Local Habitation". It is mentioned in passing in "Ashes of Honor" as a partial justification for "why doesn't April and company evacuate the Shallowing, which is becoming unstable due to the events in that book."

While i have a suspicion that the answer to this one gets spoilery, I figured I would let our esteemed author decide for herself whether or not that was the case. Technically, my question follows the directions (being about the world itself, rather than about characters or future events), and I figured there might be some non-spoilery information to be had.

Also, that's why I asked another question. :)

Oh, well. It was worth a try :)

I look forward to learning the answer some time in the future, then.