The broken bucket
THE BELL BELOW / II / THE THORN ABBEY
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. . ..-------------------------------------------. | CINDER WITCH RANK 2 | | BLOOD [###### ] 6/6 MIGHT 1 | | FLAME [****.] 4/5 BURN 4 | '-------------------------------------------'
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. Black-glass tooth / taken from the river; +1 flame capacity.
Mercies kept: 0 of 3. Weapon: hazel wand.
+ I --- @ II --- . III --- . IV road abbey choir bell + travelled @ here . beyond
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