It was obvious to Levi that Tera was dead.
Years ago I found a loved one. He looked like a marble statue, he was no longer breathing and looked blue. That didn't stop me from demanding the 911 operator tell me how to give him CPR until the ambulance arrived.
I have never run into someone who loved a person and initially refused, against all evidence to the contrary, to accept the person's death. Instead they want everyone to bring the person back, to do CPR, to jump start their heart. I've never known anyone accepts the death of a loved one so casually UNLESS that person murdered the victim.