Rain

“Why is it the Nobility have problems with the rain?” Lina had
wondered about this for years. When she was little, it seemed any time there
were rumors of Nobles appearing in some distant village she’d only been
allowed outdoors on rainy days.

As he replied, “I don’t know, either,” D’s face became mysteriously
pale. He was questioning why he bothered answering each and every
question the girl posed. “From a biological standpoint, a number of
mysteries remain about how their metabolisms work. The question of why
they can only move by night, or how their bodies can heal wounds from
bullets, or why they can be destroyed with a single wooden stake. The same
can be said for their inability to cross running water, or the way rainy days
prevent them from venturing outdoors. It’s rather ironic that so many
defects remain when they’ve attained what’s believed to be the pinnacle of
biological evolution—true immortality.”

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