Water that remembers warmth

THE BELL BELOW / II / THE THORN ABBEY

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               /       \
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              |    -    |
               \_______/
              __/     \__
             /  \     /  \
            /    \___/    \
           /   /       \   \
          /___/    +    \___\
           (__)         (__)
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       /    |     .       |    \
      (     |    / \      |     )
       \____|___/___\_____|____/
       |   |     |     |     |
       |---+-----+-----+-----|
       |      |     |     |  |
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     .         .          .
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| CINDER WITCH                RANK 2        |
| BLOOD [#####.   ] 5/6    MIGHT 1          |
| FLAME [*... ]     1/4    BURN  4          |
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A saint leans over the well, stone hands cupped around a stone wound. Below, clean water gleams beneath a skin of ice.

Warm it with one flame and it will restore up to three blood. The bucket breaks after a single draught. If you are unhurt, or your lantern is empty, the knight waits beyond the arch.

Choose your way

Warm the water / spend 1 flame; restore up to 3 blood

Pass beneath the thorn arch / meet the kneeling knight

What you carry

I. Reed token / Wren remembered; a name can lower a sword.

Mercies kept: 1 of 3. Weapon: hazel wand.

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