Ranglen understood too well. He saw how bad his position could be.
“This issue of resurrection is contentious for them. It’s the one area where they show difference of opinion. They’re really not combative, though violence is a big part of their world. Dangers come out of the Blight constantly, but they indulge in no violence between themselves. Their social relations are less important than their connection to the Blight. They’re more focused on it than on each other. And the Blight’s transformations have become part of their mythology, not so much a religion as a series of shared narratives, an attempt to justify its unpredictable dynamics—a place that produces both monsters and miracles.
“And because it’s so much a part of their lives, this sudden stopping of the resurrections is seri
