The world was ending, so why had the city of divinities not noticed it? And another question, of far more pressing gravity and importance - why did Mariana feel no fear in her heart as she looked towards her husband like he would have known what to do?
"There is nothing we can do about it," the chief occultist said, now speaking matter-of-factly, as the heaviest burden had been lifted from his shoulders already, and he probably felt a huge amount of relief, since Mariana kind of guessed that this was the full extent of the bad news.
