Yes, I think you misinterpreted the exchange. It is about two different castings of the spell, one while the target was alive and one now that the target is dead, and the assumption that there was enough familiarity for the first casting to work.
Yes, I think you misinterpreted the exchange. It is about two different castings of the spell, one while the target was alive and one now that the target is dead, and the assumption that there was enough familiarity for the first casting to work.