An arithmetic of bones
THE BELL BELOW / II / THE THORN ABBEY
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. . . ..-------------------------------------------. | BELL THIEF RANK 2 | | BLOOD [######. ] 6/7 MIGHT 2 | | FLAME [*** ] 3/3 BURN 3 | '-------------------------------------------'
Three saints lie carved on a single coffin. A linen cloth waits beside them. A little heat leaks through the lid.
The inscription asks you to cover two things and leave one uncovered. Choose what allows the dead to be remembered. A wrong answer costs two blood; the right one yields a flame.
"Cover the face: I know you still. Cover the hands: I know you still. Cover the name: I lose you."
Choose your way
What you carry
I. Reed token / Wren remembered; a name can lower a sword.
Mercies kept: 1 of 3. Weapon: burial knife.
+ I --- @ II --- . III --- . IV road abbey choir bell + travelled @ here . beyond
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