The broken bucket

THE BELL BELOW / II / THE THORN ABBEY

                .-----.
               /       \
              |  .   .  |
              |    -    |
               \_______/
              __/     \__
             /  \     /  \
            /    \___/    \
           /   /       \   \
          /___/    +    \___\
           (__)         (__)
        .---|-------------|---.
       /    |     .       |    \
      (     |    / \      |     )
       \____|___/___\_____|____/
       |   |     |     |     |
       |---+-----+-----+-----|
       |      |     |     |  |
       '------'-----'-----'--'
     .         .          .
.-------------------------------------------.
| CINDER WITCH                RANK 2        |
| BLOOD [####..   ] 4/6    MIGHT 1          |
| FLAME [**.. ]     2/4    BURN  4          |
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The water tastes of summer rain. Warmth moves from your stomach to your hands: up to three blood restored, one flame spent.

As you lower the bucket, its rope turns to dust. Far below, wood strikes water. The sound takes much too long to reach you.

Choose your way

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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 + travelled    @ here    . beyond

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