They had prayed around the body all night. Their voices were
hoarse. The corpse was still. The sun started to peek over the horizon, and the
supplicants collapsed in exhaustion. Their god had not answered their prayers.
Now they were too spent to even grieve. When they had rested sufficiently, they
would rise and begin funeral preparations. It would take an entire day to
complete. By the time they had finished, they would be sufficiently recovered
from their night of prayers and be ready to let their grief out in long wails.
These too were a prayer to their god.
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