[And he twitches an ambiguous uneven something-like-a small crooked tic of a smile, good that that wasn't a case of misspeaking, at least...]

Odd -- though... I thought that those of us who've died in the past were, ah - restored - here.

Unless, uh -- for those whose souls are still in touch with their bodies it wasn't a need. [Those whose souls are still physically in touch and are consciously in tact, for that matter.]