The priest looked immeasurably weary in that moment. "Very little, I'm afraid. We hang the flowers and herbs, but they have only minimal effect. Some of our prayers are answered, some are not."
Satan looked around the town with new perspective, amazed at the idea that this sort of death was happening everywhere. He had been through plagues, but this was something entirely new. Pestilence had truly outdone himself, apparently.
He leaned close to whisper in Lucifer's ear. "We'll need to find one of our demons and find out more about what we've missed. And they certainly will not be in this town."