Lord Corin did not scream from the pain, and he did not plead for mercy. The fragile, terrified old bureaucrat who had been sobbing for his daughters just moments before vanished entirely, swallowed whole by the sudden, brutal manifestation of a higher power. His mouth opened wide, his jaw stretching past its natural biological alignment with a sickening series of wet pops, the joints dislocating entirely until the pale skin at the corners of his lips split and tore apart. No crimson blood spilled from the tears; instead, the open wounds instantly wept a dull, grayish grit.
