The Pretty Prince and the Beast King
It hit the fields where the thralls stood like statues.
"Aradaa, look at the rain." Kaelor’s voice was a whisper.
It wasn't water. Not really. It was thick, glowing droplets of liquid Muse-fire, cool to the touch. It started falling in sheets, washing away the purple soot that had coated every rooftop for ten years.
I stumbled to the balcony. Below us, in the Great Square, a thrall was kneeling. He was covered in the black veins of Blood-Rot, his skin a sickly, translucent gray. The rain hit him.