in tenebris est veritas.
With the pests controlled and the construction of the railing well underway, Chaele convinces herself that she will only get in the way if she tries to help further. She takes a lantern from the supplies and, on her way back toward the downward stair, stops to regard Isla. “My offer still stands, to purify this place with sage and vanilla grass, if you will it.”
But whatever the reply, the shaman will first indulge her curiosity about the basement floor. She lights her lantern using the flame of another and descends as far as the wreckage will allow, parting the thick shadows with probing illumination.
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Chaele offers a blessing for the Spire, lights a lantern, and heads downstairs.
But whatever the reply, the shaman will first indulge her curiosity about the basement floor. She lights her lantern using the flame of another and descends as far as the wreckage will allow, parting the thick shadows with probing illumination.
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Chaele offers a blessing for the Spire, lights a lantern, and heads downstairs.
