[For a woman in a hurry, it certainly takes her forever to do anything. She has to try a few times before she's able to stand up, and each shuffled step takes nearly an eternity. The cave is not close, and the combination of old bones and distance mean that it's several hours before they arrive, and it takes them even longer to traverse the faint path that leads down and into the humid bowels of the earth. Mensch is gasping, her body drenched with sweat as they reach the bottom, and then have to climb again. She points breathlessly at a small mountain within the cave, illuminated by moonlight.]
Up there. The island has made an altar. You must present your weakness and your failings as a sacrifice. Give the island your pain, and it will grant you rebirth.
[She breathes deeply, then stabs her cane into the rocky earth, trudging determinedly onward.]
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Let's go quickly, then.
[For a woman in a hurry, it certainly takes her forever to do anything. She has to try a few times before she's able to stand up, and each shuffled step takes nearly an eternity. The cave is not close, and the combination of old bones and distance mean that it's several hours before they arrive, and it takes them even longer to traverse the faint path that leads down and into the humid bowels of the earth. Mensch is gasping, her body drenched with sweat as they reach the bottom, and then have to climb again. She points breathlessly at a small mountain within the cave, illuminated by moonlight.]
Up there. The island has made an altar. You must present your weakness and your failings as a sacrifice. Give the island your pain, and it will grant you rebirth.
[She breathes deeply, then stabs her cane into the rocky earth, trudging determinedly onward.]
Come. We must be done before the moon sets.