Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5481520-20140119155012/@comment-8505655-20140121031802

Wait a second here.

If Ben's soul was separated from his body long enough for it to cease to function, or if his soul could not be readily reclaimed (i.e. dissipating or ascending to another plane of existence), then he could be called dead. But seeing as neither of these things happened, this seems more like resuscitation than resurrection, such that this was not really death. Severe incapacitation, but not death.