Everyone spoke at once. Some with fear, some with wonder in their eyes, some with clear excitement at the thought that their God walked here in valkoron last night.
There were clear and massive religious fervor.
It spread through the crowd like wildfire.
Aurelia remained perfectly still through it all, though inwardly she barely knew what to feel anymore.
This was all absurd....completely absurd.
If someone had told her years ago that the same people who once recoiled from her appearance would one day look at her like she was blessed by the gods themselves, she would have laughed in their faces.
Yet here they were. And for them to believe the absurb lie about vireon descending to cleanse her of her curse....well...Aurelia resisted the urge to sigh.
Humans truly were exhausting creatures.
Finally, Valerian raised his hand for silence, and slowly, the voices died down.
